flowerage
Americannoun
noun
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a mass of flowers
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the process or act of flowering
Etymology
Origin of flowerage
Example Sentences
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But we must not grudge him a slumber or a sleep among the saughs, lulled by the murmur of millions of humble-bees—we speak within bounds—on their honied flowerage.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson
"Roe, fox and hare hold revel all, Thro' flowerage the wee worm glances; There great and small a-dancing fall And the sun up in Heaven dances."
From The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories by Carl Ewald
Urns on corner walls, pilasters, circular windows, flowerage and loggia.
From A Mere Accident by George (George Augustus) Moore
Fortunately this nut-tree, which threw an unwholesome, frosty nut-shadow on the whole flowerage of love and poetry, soon transplanted itself back again among more congenial guests.
From Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) by Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
Yet, thanks to Nature, who sends her leafage and flowerage up through all kinds of débris, and who takes a blossomy possession of ruined walls and desert places, it is never altogether dead!
From Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country by Alexander Smith
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