From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
flowering
adj : bursting into flower; "flowering spring trees" [syn:
abloom, efflorescent]
n 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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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2. To come into the finest or fairest condition.
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Their lusty and flowering age. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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When flowered my youthful spring. --Spenser.
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3. To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.
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That beer did flower a little. --Bacon.
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4. To come off as flowers by sublimation. [Obs.]
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Observations which have flowered off. --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Flowering \Flow"er*ing\, n.
1. The act of blossoming, or the season when plants blossom;
florification.
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2. The act of adorning with flowers.
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