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单词 flowering
释义 flowering
I. adjective
Etymology: Middle English flouring, from present participle of flouren to flower, flourish — more at flower
1. obsolete : flourishing
2.
 a. : bearing flowers especially in the blooming stage
  < a flowering branch >
 b. : covered with or full of flowers
  < a flowering meadow >
3. : having conspicuous flowers : being of a kind grown primarily for its blossom — used chiefly in vernacular names of plants, the combination sometimes designating a plant that does not belong to the natural group indicated by the noun
 < the fringe tree is sometimes called flowering ash >
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English flouring, from gerund of flouren
1.
 a. : the act or state of producing flowers : anthesis, florescence
  < have you ever watched the flowering of the cereus? >
 b. : the season when plants bloom
  < flowering will be late this year >
2. : something (as ornamentation) of floral form or suggesting a blooming
3. : an unfolding or development
 < the gradual flowering of his talent >
4. : the secondary fermentation with flor formation in the production of superior sherry wines; sometimes : flor
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