Hypertext Webster Gateway: "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"er*ing\, 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
flowering
adj 1: producing or having flowers; "a flowering branch";
"flowering plants" [ant: {flowerless}]
2: bursting into flower; "flowering spring trees" [syn: {abloom},
{efflorescent}]
n 1: the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
[syn: {blossoming}, {florescence}, {inflorescence}, {anthesis},
{efflorescence}]
2: a developmental process; "the flowering of ante-bellum
culture" [syn: {unfolding}]
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