flower
noun
the blossom of a plant.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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It has been flowering all the Summer long for its own peculiar satisfaction, and almost unnoticed amidst the flush of fresher looking beauty that surrounded it.
From Mirror of the Months by Peter George Patmore