flowering

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flowering

A flowering cherry tree stands in a sunlit garden.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Having flowers; in bloom: Describes a plant that is producing or displaying flowers.
    • Flourishing, thriving: Used figuratively to describe a period of great development, success, or cultural richness.

  2. Noun:

    • The process or time of producing flowers: The act or period when a plant's buds open into flowers.
    • A developmental process; a period of great success or cultural achievement: A figurative use describing the peak or blossoming phase of an activity, movement, or era.
Examples of Usage

  • Adjective:

    • We planted flowering shrubs along the path. (The shrubs are of a type that produces flowers.)
    • The Renaissance was a flowering period for the arts. (The Renaissance was a thriving, highly productive period for the arts.)

  • Noun:

    • The flowering of the cherry trees happens in early spring. (The process of the cherry trees blooming occurs in spring.)
    • The 1960s saw a flowering of new ideas in music and social norms. (The 1960s experienced a peak development of new ideas.)
Advanced Usage
  • "In full flowering": At the peak of development or bloom.
    • The garden is in full flowering this month. (The garden's plants are all blooming profusely now.)
    • Her talent was in full flowering during that decade. (Her talent was at its most developed and productive stage.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Flower (noun/verb): The bloom itself; to produce flowers.
    • The plant will flower in June.
  • Flowered (adjective): Having a pattern of flowers.
    • She wore a flowered dress. (This refers to a printed pattern, not the act of blooming.)
  • Nonflowering (adjective): Not producing flowers (e.g., ferns, mosses).
    • Ferns are nonflowering plants.
Synonyms
  • Adjective (blooming): Blossoming, in bloom, in flower.
  • Noun (development): Blossoming, flourishing, heyday, peak, culmination.
Related Phrases
  • Flowering of age: (Less common) A literary phrase for reaching maturity or a peak period.
    • The novel captures the flowering of the protagonist's age and understanding.
Related Idioms
  • Late flowering: Developing talents or success later in life than is typical.
    • She was a late flowering artist, publishing her first novel at age 60.
flowering

A flowering cherry tree stands in a sunlit garden.

Adjective
  1. having a flower or bloom
    • a flowering plant
Noun
  1. a developmental process
    • the flowering of antebellum culture
  2. the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms

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