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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flower \Flow"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flowered}; p. pr & vb n. {Flowering}.] [From the noun Cf {Flourish}.] 1. To blossom; to bloom; to expand the petals, as a plant; to produce flowers; as this plant flowers in June. 2. To come into the finest or fairest condition. Their lusty and flowering age. --Robynson (More's Utopia). When flowered my youthful spring. --Spenser. 3. To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer. That beer did flower a little. --Bacon. 4. To come off as flowers by sublimation. [Obs.] Observations which have flowered off --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flowering \Flow"er*ing\, a. (Bot.) Having conspicuous flowers; -- used as an epithet with many names of plants; as flowering ash; flowering dogwood; flowering almond, etc {Flowering fern}, a genus of showy ferns ({Osmunda}), with conspicuous bivalvular sporangia. They usually grow in wet places. {Flowering plants}, plants which have stamens and pistils, and produce true seeds; phenogamous plants; -- distinguished from {flowerless plants}. {Flowering rush}, a European rushlike plant ({Butomus umbellatus}), with an umbel of rosy blossoms. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flowering \Flow"er*ing\, n. 1. The act of blossoming, or the season when plants blossom; florification. 2. The act of adorning with flowers. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: flowering adj 1: producing or having flowers; "a flowering branch"; "flowering plants" [ant: {flowerless}] 2: bursting into flower; "flowering spring trees" [syn: {abloom}, {efflorescent}] n 1: the process of budding and unfolding of blossoms [syn: {blossoming}, {inflorescence}, {anthesis}, {efflorescence}] 2: a developmental process; "the flowering of ante-bellum culture" [syn: {unfolding}]
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