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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Flower \Flow"er\ (flou"[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flowered (flou"[~e]rd); 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. [1913 Webster]

2. To come into the finest or fairest condition. [1913 Webster]

Their lusty and flowering age. --Robynson (More's Utopia). [1913 Webster]

When flowered my youthful spring. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

3. To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer. [1913 Webster]

That beer did flower a little. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

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

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Observations which have flowered off. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Flowering \Flow"er*ing\, n.

1. The act of blossoming, or the season when plants blossom; florification. [1913 Webster]

2. The act of adorning with flowers. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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flowering adj : bursting into flower; "flowering spring trees" [syn: abloom, efflorescent]

noun

1: the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms [syn: blossoming, florescence, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence]
2: a developmental process; "the flowering of ante-bellum culture" [syn: unfolding]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

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)