flowering

[ flou-er-ing ]

adjective

1. bearing flowers.

flowering

/ ˈflaʊərɪŋ /

adjective

1. (of certain species of plants) capable of producing conspicuous flowers

   a flowering ash

Other Words From

• non·flower·ing adjective
• pre·flower·ing adjective
• un·flower·ing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of flowering¹

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; flower, -ing ²

Example Sentences

It relied on the erasure of the most prolific flowering of indigenous people in the United States.

From MIT Technology Review

If you’re craving a flowering plant that won’t send your pointy-eared friend to the vet, check out the Christmas cactus—a plant that will recognize day length, temperature, and light levels to only bloom around the holidays.

From Popular-Science

A big theme was the flowering of ad-hoc coalitions in areas like deforestation, cutting methane emissions, speeding EV growth and more.

From Axios

“A lot of people do it because they think it’s going to enhance flowering, but it actually delays flowering onset as much as a month,” said Tom Smiley, senior arboricultural researcher at Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories in Charlotte.

From Washington Post

In the world’s largest seagrass restoration project, scientists have observed an ecosystem from birth to full flowering.

From Science News

Green plants in pre-flowering stages may contain significant protein but not fat.

From The Daily Beast

She is a young television mogul, actress, comedy writer, and flowering feminist in the public eye.

From The Daily Beast

But the other side of the coin would be, inevitably, the flowering of crime and corruption around the gambling business.

From The Daily Beast

Things like “excessive napping” and “wall flowering” are penalized.

From The Daily Beast

I look forward to an even richer intellectual flowering in the months ahead.

From The Daily Beast

Wreaths, bouquets, baskets, and flowering-plants in moss-covered pots.

From Project Gutenberg

Flowering shrubs in pots were ranged up these steps, while the sides of the porch proper were crammed with them.

From Project Gutenberg

The wing in which the family lived had been surrounded with flowering plants and shrubbery.

From Project Gutenberg

The river pool commenced to blacken, while flowering rushes tossed their shivering heads and murmured.

From Project Gutenberg

In this yard were lilacs of a large growth, roses of various kinds, and flowering almonds.

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