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flo⋅res⋅cence

[flaw-res-uhns, floh-, fluh-]
–noun
the act, state, or period of flowering; bloom.

Origin:
1785–95; < L flōrēsc(ēns) (prp. of flōrēscere to begin blooming, inchoative deriv. of flōrēre to bloom, deriv. of flōs flower ) + -ence


flo⋅res⋅cent, adjective
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flo·res·cence   (flô-rěs'əns, flə-)   
n.  A condition, time, or period of flowering. See Synonyms at bloom1.

[New Latin flōrēscentia, from Latin flōrēscēns, flōrēscent-, present participle of flōrēscere, inchoative of flōrēre, to flower, bloom; see flourish.]
flo·res'cent adj.
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Word Origin & History

florescence 
1793, from L. florescentem (nom. florescens) "blooming," prp. of florescere, inceptive of florere "to blossom" (see flourish).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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