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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLOW'ERING, ppr.
1. Blossoming; blooming; expanding the petals, as plants.
2. Adorning with artificial flowers, or figures of blossoms.
FLOW'ERING, n.
1. The season when plants blossom.
2. The act of adorning with flowers.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having a flower or bloom; "a flowering plant" [ant: flowerless, nonflowering] n
1: the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms [syn: blossoming, flowering, florescence, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence]
2: a developmental process; "the flowering of antebellum culture" [syn: unfolding, flowering]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (of a plant) capable of producing flowers.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Flowering Flow"er*ing, n. 1. The act of blossoming, or the season when plants blossom; florification. 2. The act of adorning with flowers.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. The flowering of something such as an idea or artistic style is the development of its popularity and success. ...the flowering of creative genius. N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n 2. Flowering shrubs, trees, or plants are those which produce noticeable flowers. ADJ: ADJ n

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