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flowering

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noun

flowering

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verb

present participle of flower
as in unfolding
to produce flowers the plant will keep flowering if you water it and regularly cut off the dead blossoms

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Recent Examples of flowering
Adjective
Why Grow Moss in a Garden? Mosses are non-flowering plants that produce spores rather than seeds. Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 28 Feb. 2023 If the roses are grafted, non-flowering rootstock suckers could be taking over the plants, although this would tend to occur more sporadically on a couple of plants in a large planting of roses, versus all of the plants. Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 6 Nov. 2021
Noun
Keep reading for five destinations with gorgeous flowering cherry trees. Miriam Porter, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025 New transplants may take a year to recover from division and resume full flowering. Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for flowering
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flowering
Adjective
  • At the time, Burr was receiving briefings and involved in conversations suggesting the country faced a burgeoning health crisis that could hurt the economy.
    Nicholas Fandos, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2020
  • After the last vote on March 2 ended in a stalemate, Netanyahu and former military chief Benny Gantz agreed late last month to try to form a unity government because of the burgeoning coronavirus crisis.
    Time, Time, 20 Apr. 2020
Adjective
  • Not every country saw flourishing increase with age.
    Christina Caron, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • According to Harvard’s Human Flourishing Program, flourishing is defined as a state in which all aspects of a person's life are good—not perfect, but meaningfully supported.
    Amy Blankson, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The maturation varies, with some expressions aged up to eight years.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • Despite the medical evidence about the late maturation of the brain, the law doesn’t provide any leeway for whether someone has truly matured if they’re accused of a breaking the law.
    Jonathan B. Santo, The Conversation, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • The Fed, which cuts rates to boost a flagging economy and raises them to fight inflation, could await more clarity as tariffs both drive up inflation and weaken growth – an unusual tandem.
    Paul Davidson, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • The terminal rate is the point at which interest rates do not act as headwinds for economic growth, and are consistent with allowing the central bank to achieve its inflation target.
    Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Officials argue that these developments render the settlement unnecessary and unconstitutional.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 23 May 2025
  • Brazil’s ability to anchor its economic development in the green transition is in large part a simple function of its resources.
    Justin Worland, Time, 23 May 2025

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“Flowering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flowering. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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