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flo·res·cence
/
flɔˈrɛs
əns, floʊ-, flə-
/
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[
flaw-
res
-
uh
ns, floh-, fl
uh
-
]
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noun
the act, state, or period of flowering; bloom.
Origin:
1785–95;
<
Latin
flōrēsc
(
ēns
) (present participle of
flōrēscere
to begin blooming, inchoative derivative of
flōrēre
to bloom, derivative of
flōs
flower
) +
-ence
Related forms
flo·res·cent,
adjective
re·flo·res·cence,
noun
Can be confused:
florescence,
fluorescence
.
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florescence
(flɔːˈrɛsəns)
—
n
the process, state, or period of flowering
[C18: from New Latin
flōrēscentia
, from Latin
flōrēscere
to come into flower]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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Word Origin & History
florescence
1793, from L. florescentem (nom. florescens) "blooming," prp. of florescere "to begin to bloom," inceptive of florere "to blossom" (see
flourish
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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