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Webster 1913 Edition
Flowering
Flow′er-ing
,Adj.
(Bot.)
Having conspicuous flowers; – used as an epithet with many names of plants;
as,
flowering
ash; flowering
dogwood; flowering
almond, etc.Flowering fern
, a genus of showy ferns (
– Osmunda
), with conspicuous bivalvular sporangia. They usually grow in wet places. Flowering plants
, plants which have stamens and pistils, and produce true seeds; phenogamous plants; – distinguished from
– flowerless plants
. Flowering rush
, a European rushlike plant (
Butomus umbellatus
), with an umbel of rosy blossoms.Flow′er-ing
,Noun.
1.
The act of blossoming, or the season when plants blossom; florification.
2.
The act of adorning with flowers.
Webster 1828 Edition
Flowering
FLOW'ERING
, ppr.1.
Blossoming; blooming; expanding the petals, as plants.2.
Adorning with artificial flowers, or figures of blossoms.FLOW'ERING
,Noun.
1.
The season when plants blossom.2.
The act of adorning with flowers.