adjective
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having or abounding in flowers
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decorated with flowers or a floral design
Other Word Forms
- unflowered adjective
Etymology
Origin of flowered
Example Sentences
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Each generation of banana plants had to grow for at least 12 months before researchers could test them for disease resistance and continue breeding once they flowered.
From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2026
Still, at the time of the January fires, the semi-deciduous trees had not yet flowered, which likely minimized the damage they suffered.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2025
April was cool and wet which meant many flowering plants, including bluebells, flowered later than usual – like these fine examples at Walk Wood in Sheffield Park and Garden in East Sussex.
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2024
“This is where he really flowered and was able to express himself,” Davis Lear said.
From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2024
She wears a flowered dress with a pinafore and her mouth gapes, a toothless black hole.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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