flowering

American  

[flou-er-ing] / ˈflaʊ ər ɪŋ /

adjective

1. bearing flowers.

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flowering British  

/ ˈflaʊərɪŋ /

adjective

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

   a flowering ash

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Other Word Forms

• nonflowering adjective
• preflowering adjective
• unflowering adjective

Etymology

Origin of flowering

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

Example Sentences

While you’re waiting for the soil to dry out, start fertilizing fruit trees, flowering shrubs and other plants whose nutrients have been diluted by all this rain.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2008, Queen Elizabeth visited the village to help plant a flowering cherry tree in the garden of remembrance 30 years after the disaster.

From BBC

Azalea Way is a quarter-mile path through the heart of the Arboretum lined with flowering cherries, azaleas and dogwoods.

From Seattle Times

A turquoise anemone deciding it’s ready to open, flowering for a glamour shot.

From New York Times

It fell as small, slowly descending droplets that enhanced the March landscape with a sense of the uses of moisture in the ultimate flowering of spring.

From Washington Post