adjective
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having or abounding in flowers
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decorated with flowers or a floral design
Other Word Forms
- unflowered adjective
Etymology
Origin of flowered
Example Sentences
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Each generation of banana plants had to grow for at least 12 months before researchers could test them for disease resistance and continue breeding once they flowered.
From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2026
In just two minutes, the movie had delivered everything it promised: a snorting monkey, a sucker in a flowered shirt, a shot of an ominous tire swing and a closeup of a peeled cheekbone.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026
"But I'm least impressed with this," she says, gesturing to a Japanese rice that has not flowered.
From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025
“This is where he really flowered and was able to express himself,” Davis Lear said.
From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2024
She rifles through her closet: the turquoise silk blouse with red buttons, the pale pink flowered dress with a ruffled hem.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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