spring-flowering
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Blooming in spring: Describes plants whose flowering period occurs during the spring season.
Usage
- This adjective is used attributively (before a noun) to classify or describe plants.
- The garden is full of spring-flowering bulbs like tulips and daffodils.
- We need to prune the spring-flowering shrubs right after they bloom.
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used in horticulture, gardening, and botanical contexts to categorize plants by their bloom time for planning and care purposes.
- For continuous color, combine spring-flowering perennials with summer-blooming varieties.
Variants and Related Words
- Spring-blooming (adjective): A direct synonym with identical meaning.
- Early-flowering (adjective): May overlap in meaning but can include plants that bloom in late winter or very early spring.
- Spring bloomer (noun phrase): A plant that flowers in spring.
Synonyms
- Spring-blooming
- Vernal (formal/literary, meaning "of, in, or appropriate to spring")
Antonyms
- Summer-flowering
- Fall-flowering / Autumn-flowering
- Winter-flowering
Adjective
- of plants that bloom during the spring