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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 |