FLOWERING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
   Synonym(s)
   • anthesis (what does anthesis mean?)
   • blossoming (what does blossoming mean?)
   • efflorescence (what does efflorescence mean?)
   • florescence (what does florescence mean?)
   • inflorescence (what does inflorescence mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) flowering is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • growth (what does growth mean?)
   • growing (what does growing mean?)
   • maturation (what does maturation mean?)
   • development (what does development mean?)
   • ontogeny (what does ontogeny mean?)
   • ontogenesis (what does ontogenesis mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • effloresce (what does effloresce mean?)
   • burst forth (what does burst forth mean?)
   • bloom (what does bloom mean?)
   • blossom (what does blossom mean?)
   • flower (what does flower mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a developmental process
   Synonym(s)
   • unfolding (what does unfolding mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the flowering of ante-bellum culture
   Hypernyms(s) flowering is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • development (what does development mean?)
   • evolution (what does evolution mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • blossom (what does blossom mean?)
   • blossom out (what does blossom out mean?)
   • blossom forth (what does blossom forth mean?)
   • unfold (what does unfold mean?)

FLOWERING as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • bursting into flower
   Synonym(s)
   • abloom (what does abloom mean?)
   • efflorescent (what does efflorescent mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • flowering spring trees
   Similar To
   • mature (what does mature mean?)