flowering
noun /ˈflaʊərɪŋ/
/ˈflaʊərɪŋ/
- [uncountable] the time when a plant has flowers
- Plant bulbs in September for spring flowering.
- [countable, usually singular] flowering of something the time when something, especially a period of new ideas in art, music, science, etc., reaches its most complete and successful stage of development
- the flowering of Viennese intellectual life
- the flowering of democracy