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Flowering

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efflorescencenoun(botany) The production of flowers.
matureverbFully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
efflorescentBursting into flower.
bloomingnounOpening in blossoms; flowering.
abloomBlooming; covered in flowers.
inflorescencenoun(botany) A group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches.
anthesisnoun(botany) The event of a flower opening.
blossomingnounThe act or process by which something blossoms.
flowerynounPertaining to or characteristic of flowers.
unfoldingnoun(often figuratively) The process by which something unfolds or becomes revealed.
bloomyFull of blooms; flowering.
blossomySimilar to blossom.

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WordDefinition
flowerlessWithout flowers.
bloomlessWithout blooms.

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anthesisnoun(botany) The event of a flower opening.
efflorescentBursting into flower.
blossomingnounThe act or process by which something blossoms.
abloomBlooming; covered in flowers.
flowerynounPertaining to or characteristic of flowers.
bloomyFull of blooms; flowering.
bloomingnounOpening in blossoms; flowering.
blossomySimilar to blossom.
inflorescencenoun(botany) A group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches.
efflorescencenoun(botany) The production of flowers.
matureverbFully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
unfoldingnoun(often figuratively) The process by which something unfolds or becomes revealed.
broadleafnounPertaining to trees with relatively broad, flat leaves as opposed to needles, or woodlands made up of such trees.
blossomnoun(intransitive) To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom.
floralnounOf, pertaining to, or connected with flowers.
bloomnoun(uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
plantnoun(botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.
boragenounBorago officinalis, a Mediterranean plant with rough, cucumber-flavored leaves and stems, used in salads and cooked.
catchflynounAny of several plants, mostly in tribe Sileneae, that have sticky leaves on which flies become stuck; especially, the silenes or campions.
corsagenounA small bouquet of flowers, originally worn attached to the bodice of a woman's dress.

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