as in blooming
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as in blossoming
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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
Jacob S. Suissa, The Conversation, 20 June 2024
But this recently discovered preserved pollen came from non-flowering gymnosperms, a group of seed-producing plants that includes conifers such as pine, fir and spruce trees.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2023
Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 9 Feb. 2026
Their lush fronds provide color and texture when paired with shade-loving flowering plants.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2026
Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2026
Repeat every two or three weeks to encourage branching and delay flowering.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
Is the chemistry of fern and flowering plant nectar the same?
—Jacob S. Suissa, The Conversation, 20 June 2024
But this recently discovered preserved pollen came from non-flowering gymnosperms, a group of seed-producing plants that includes conifers such as pine, fir and spruce trees.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2023
Noun
Expose your hibiscus to lots of direct sunlight, which is key for abundant flowering.
—Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 9 Feb. 2026
Their lush fronds provide color and texture when paired with shade-loving flowering plants.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
Rejuvenation Pruning If your old wood-blooming honeysuckle has become a tangled, scant-flowering mess, do a rejuvenation pruning.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2026
Repeat every two or three weeks to encourage branching and delay flowering.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flowering
Adjective
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These larger flowers require more energy from the plants but are especially eye-catching throughout their blooming period.—
Derek Carwood,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Mar. 2026
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Sporting their dazzling, six-petal, nectar-rich yellow flowers as early as mid-February, trout lilies (two species in Georgia) are some of the state’s earliest blooming native wildflowers.—
Charles Seabrook,
AJC.com,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Spring is fast approaching, but warm weather and blossoming trees are exactly what individuals with allergies don’t want to see.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Mar. 2026
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When March rolls around, spring finally comes into sight, bringing longer days, sunnier skies, and blossoming flowers.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
27 Feb. 2026
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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
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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
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Fortunately, a few simple storage methods can help extend their shelf life and slow the ripening process.—
Olivia McIntosh,
Martha Stewart,
3 Mar. 2026
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The pears, whose ripening has been slowed or stopped, create pressure on demand for California pears that begin to come into season in July.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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As founding director of the cyborg psychology research group and co-director of MIT Media Lab’s Advancing Humans with AI research program, Pataranutaporn is interested in ways that people can use AI to promote human flourishing, pro-social interaction, and human-to-human interaction.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
26 Jan. 2026
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It has been correlated with swells of human progress and flourishing, science and technology, medicine and political freedom.—
Abby McCloskey,
Twin Cities,
24 Dec. 2025
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Millerchip said renewal rates are seeing some benefit from their retention programs, but acknowledged there will be a few more quarters of downticks before reaching a maturation point.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
6 Mar. 2026
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This pot still whiskey is aged in bourbon barrels and then finished in casks made from Irish oak grown in Wicklow, a relatively uncommon secondary maturation.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
6 Mar. 2026
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Global bond markets tumbled in Asian trading Monday as an oil price shock prompted investors to price in higher inflation and a deteriorating economic growth outlook.—
Marcus Wong,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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Surging prices from an energy supply crunch would then weigh on global economic growth.—
Amena Bakr,
semafor.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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On Thursday, the Senate passed a broad bipartisan bill on housing, which seeks to adjust policies to increase construction and limit institutional ownership of home development.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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The research is being led by specialists involved in China’s air-defense radar development.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Flowering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flowering. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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