childing
adjective
child·ing
ˈchīldiŋ
1
: bearing children or young : pregnant, parturient
2
: productive, fruitful
3
of flowers : producing younger or smaller blossoms around an older blossom
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from present participle of child entry 2
- orange scab
- orange scale
- orange shellac
- orange sneezeweed
- orange spoon
- orange star
- orange swallowwort
- orange tip
- orange tortrix
- orange vermilion
- orange wine
- orange worm
- orange-blossom orchid
- orange-crowned warbler
- orange-flower water
- orange-peel bucket
- orange-rufous
- orange-sucker
- orange-tawny
- orange-tree butterfly
- orangeade
- orangeades
- orangeado
- orangebird
- orangecup lily