Flowering

a.	1.	(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.
n.	1.	The act of blossoming, or the season when plants blossom; florification.
	2.	The act of adorning with flowers.

Noun	1.	flowering - the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms Synonyms: anthesis, blossoming, florescence, inflorescence, efflorescence
	2.	flowering - a developmental process; "the flowering of ante-bellum culture" Synonyms: unfolding
Adj.	1.	flowering - bursting into flower; "flowering spring trees" Synonyms: abloom, efflorescent

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