FLOWERING

Pronunciation (US):

• FLOWERING (noun)
  The noun FLOWERING has 2 senses:

1. the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
2. a developmental process

  Familiarity information: FLOWERING used as a noun is rare.

• FLOWERING (adjective)
  The adjective FLOWERING has 1 sense:

1. having a flower or bloom

  Familiarity information: FLOWERING used as an adjective is very rare.

• FLOWERING (noun)

Meaning:

The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

anthesis; blossoming; florescence; flowering; inflorescence; efflorescence

Hypernyms ("flowering" is a kind of...):

development; growing; growth; maturation; ontogenesis; ontogeny ((biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level)

Meaning:

A developmental process

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

unfolding; flowering

Context example:

the flowering of antebellum culture

Hypernyms ("flowering" is a kind of...):

development; evolution (a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage))

• FLOWERING (adjective)

Meaning:

Having a flower or bloom

Context example:

a flowering plant

Similar:

lily-like; lilylike (having a flower that resembles a lily)

orchid-like; orchidlike (having a flower that resembles an orchid)

rose-like; roselike (having a flower that resembles a rose)

Antonym:

flowerless (without flower or bloom and not producing seeds)