flowering

[flou-er-ing]

adjective

1. bearing flowers.

flowering

/ ˈflaʊərɪŋ /

adjective

1. (of certain species of plants) capable of producing conspicuous flowers

   a flowering ash

Other Word Forms

• nonflowering adjective
• preflowering adjective
• unflowering adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of flowering¹

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; flower, -ing ²

Example Sentences

A pink, flowering waterlily throws open his petals and furiously exudes a lovely fragrance, for he, too, would like to be remembered in verse.

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Prof Wright says the food would be particularly useful during summers like this one when flowering plants appear to have stopped producing early.

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Bees are also showing signs of shutting down for the winter, after flowering plants finished producing pollen and nectar in the hot weather.

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So central is the fruit to Indian life that the calendar year itself often begins with the mango flowering.

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Will everybody tear the flowering wisteria vines off their houses?

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