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View synonyms for flowering

flowering

[ flou-er-ing ]

adjective

  1. bearing flowers.


flowering

/ ˈflaʊərɪŋ /

adjective

  1. (of certain species of plants) capable of producing conspicuous flowers

    a flowering ash



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Other Words From

  • non·flower·ing adjective
  • pre·flower·ing adjective
  • un·flower·ing adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of flowering1

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; flower, -ing 2

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Example Sentences

Green plants in pre-flowering stages may contain significant protein but not fat.

She is a young television mogul, actress, comedy writer, and flowering feminist in the public eye.

But the other side of the coin would be, inevitably, the flowering of crime and corruption around the gambling business.

Things like “excessive napping” and “wall flowering” are penalized.

I look forward to an even richer intellectual flowering in the months ahead.

Wreaths, bouquets, baskets, and flowering-plants in moss-covered pots.

Flowering shrubs in pots were ranged up these steps, while the sides of the porch proper were crammed with them.

The wing in which the family lived had been surrounded with flowering plants and shrubbery.

The river pool commenced to blacken, while flowering rushes tossed their shivering heads and murmured.

In this yard were lilacs of a large growth, roses of various kinds, and flowering almonds.

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