florescence

[ flaw-res-uhns, floh-, fluh- ]
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noun
  1. the act, state, or period of flowering; bloom.

Origin of florescence

1
1785–95; <Latin flōrēsc(ēns) (present participle of flōrēscere to begin blooming, inchoative derivative of flōrēre to bloom, derivative of flōsflower) + -ence

Other words from florescence

  • flo·res·cent, adjective
  • re·flo·res·cence, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for florescence

florescence

/ (flɔːˈrɛsəns) /


noun
  1. the process, state, or period of flowering

Origin of florescence

1
C18: from New Latin flōrēscentia, from Latin flōrēscere to come into flower

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