flowering

Plural: flowerings

Noun

• the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
• a developmental process
  • "the flowering of antebellum culture"
• The period of time during which a plant is in flower.
• The period of time during which someone or something is at its peak.

Verb

• produce or yield flowers
• present participle and gerund of flower

Adjective

• having a flower or bloom
  • "a flowering plant"

Adj

• Of a plant, that produces flowers.
• aflower, in bloom

Examples

• "Azaleas are flowering plants."

Synonyms

anthesis, bloom, blossom, blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, floruit, flower, inflorescence, unfolding

Antonyms

flowerless

Anagrams of flowering