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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as in blooming
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as in blossoming
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Recent Examples of flowering
Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2023
Why Grow Moss in a Garden? Mosses are non-flowering plants that produce spores rather than seeds.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 28 Feb. 2023
Paul Kingsnorth, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
This likely explains the trees’ lack of flowering.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
Brendel Clark, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Fall is the best time to plant spring-flowering bulbs and native plant seeds that benefit from cold stratification, like milkweed and bee balm.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2025
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Verb
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
Why Grow Moss in a Garden? Mosses are non-flowering plants that produce spores rather than seeds.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 28 Feb. 2023
Adjective
Removing the old customs and strictures led not to a flowering of virtue but to mass outbreaks of revenge.
—Paul Kingsnorth, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
This likely explains the trees’ lack of flowering.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
Plant bulbs now for spring Late September through October is prime time to plant tulips, daffodils, crocuses, and other spring-flowering bulbs.
—Brendel Clark, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Fall is the best time to plant spring-flowering bulbs and native plant seeds that benefit from cold stratification, like milkweed and bee balm.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flowering
Verb
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Why are my chocolate cosmos not blooming?—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
3 Oct. 2025
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Alaïa took the trend further with an oversized black flower choker blooming from the closure of a cropped jacket.—
Minty Mellon,
Vogue,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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
Noun
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Watching Jaden Smith’s aspiring musician character Dizzee enjoy a blossoming romance with graffiti artist Thor.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
3 Oct. 2025
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Living year-round with her family in a camping resort, a blossoming romance with a tourist brings her latent insecurities to the surface.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The whole thing operated like a big wonderful flourishing organic body.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Cultivating a flourishing, diverse gut microbiome seems to translate to a range of health benefits.—
Jamie Ducharme,
Health,
24 June 2025
Noun
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However, all familiar fig varieties are parthenocarpic, meaning that the female syconia develop into tasty fruit without the benefit of pollination so male syconia are not needed for their maturation and ripening.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
27 Sep. 2025
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Other names — which make more sense to parts of the country and the world that don’t have sturgeon fish — include harvest moon, moon of the ripening, grain moon, green corn moon, black cherries moon and plum moon.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The comedic cross-country car film, which rescued the reputation of the envelope-pushing company after back-to-back duds National Lampoon's Movie Madness and National Lampoon's Class Reunion, represented a kind of maturation for the brand.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Sep. 2025
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However, all familiar fig varieties are parthenocarpic, meaning that the female syconia develop into tasty fruit without the benefit of pollination so male syconia are not needed for their maturation and ripening.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But there were a handful of plays that really showed the breadth of his ability and his growth as a quarterback.—
Nicki Jhabvala,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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While local residents hope a new plant could bring economic growth, unanswered questions about use of the additional land are making some uneasy.—
Miranda Dunlap,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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While the development of McCarthy is important to the Vikings this season, Wentz probably gives Minnesota the best chance to move the ball against a stout Browns defense.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Oct. 2025
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But those who depend on the status to live and work in the United States decried the development.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Flowering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flowering. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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