Flowering : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Flowering	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Flowering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flowering adj having a flower or bloom; "a flowering plant" [ant: flowerless, nonflowering] n the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms Synonym(s): blossoming, flowering, florescence, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence a developmental process; "the flowering of antebellum culture" Synonym(s): unfolding, flowering
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flower \Flow"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flowered}; 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. 2. To come into the finest or fairest condition. Their lusty and flowering age. --Robynson (More's Utopia). When flowered my youthful spring. --Spenser. 3. To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer. That beer did flower a little. --Bacon. 4. To come off as flowers by sublimation. [Obs.] Observations which have flowered off. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flowering \Flow"ering\, a. (Bot.) Having conspicuous flowers; -- used as an epithet with many names of plants; as, flowering* ash; flowering dogwood; flowering almond, etc. {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flowering \Flow"er*ing\, n. 1. The act of blossoming, or the season when plants blossom; florification. 2. The act of adorning with flowers.