Hypertext Webster Gateway: "anthesis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Anthesis \An*the"sis\, n. [Gr. ? bloom, fr. 'anqei^n to bloom,
'a`nqos flower.] (Bot.)
The period or state of full expansion in a flower. --Gray.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
anthesis
n : the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
[syn: {blossoming}, {flowering}, {florescence}, {inflorescence},
{efflorescence}]
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