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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
Deadheading and even removing all flowers and buds once per growing season allows the plant to put more energy into its roots to better support more flowering. Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Feb. 2025 The result is a political environment that is strikingly different from 2017, when money poured into Democratic causes, fortifying existing organizations and seeding a flowering of new groups to fight different parts of Mr. Trump’s agenda. Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 16 Feb. 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
  • The Central American coastal nation of Belize boasts a flourishing and increasingly diverse economy, with the country’s central bank forecasting a gross domestic product growth rate of 7.1 percent for 2024, based on the first nine months of the year’s excellent performance.
    Panorama Media Ltd., Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
  • What would compel a dedicated oncologist with a legacy of research and publications to leave a flourishing medical career for the world of financial literacy advocacy?
    Dr. Aman Alzubier, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The high desert environment in New Mexico creates wide temperature fluctuations, allowing for accelerated maturation.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The distiller’s beer, as it’s known at that point, is then double distilled in pot stills and aged in new charred and toasted American oak barrels (the same type that are used for bourbon), before sometimes getting a secondary maturation.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Further, the company’s U.S. comps gained from higher traffic and ticket growth.
    TipRanks.com Staff, CNBC, 16 Mar. 2025
  • People who value independence and personal growth see divorce as an opportunity to redefine their lives.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Eric Berger is the senior space editor at Ars Technica, covering everything from astronomy to private space to NASA policy, and author of two books: Liftoff, about the rise of SpaceX; and Reentry, on the development of the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2025
  • This principle has driven the development of billion- and trillion-parameter transformer models that form the backbone of modern AI systems.
    Greg Licholai MD, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025

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“Flowering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flowering. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

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