Flower \Flow"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flowered; p. pr. & vb. n. Flowering.]

[From the noun. Cf. Flourish.]

1. To blossom; to bloom; to expand the petals, as a plant; to produce flowers; as, this plant flowers in June.

2. To come into the finest or fairest condition.

Their lusty and flowering age. --Robynson (More's Utopia).

When flowered my youthful spring. --Spenser.

3. To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.

That beer did flower a little. --Bacon.

4. To come off as flowers by sublimation. [Obs.]

Observations which have flowered off. --Milton.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Flowering \Flow"er*ing\, a. (Bot.) Having conspicuous flowers; -- used as an epithet with many names of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood; flowering almond, etc.

Flowering fern, a genus of showy ferns (Osmunda), with conspicuous bivalvular sporangia. They usually grow in wet places.

Flowering plants, plants which have stamens and pistils, and produce true seeds; phenogamous plants; -- distinguished from flowerless plants.

Flowering rush, a European rushlike plant (Butomus umbellatus), with an umbel of rosy blossoms.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Flowering \Flow"er*ing\, n.

1. The act of blossoming, or the season when plants blossom; florification.

2. The act of adorning with flowers.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)