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Meaning of FLORESCENCE

Pronunciation:  flow'resuns

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
 
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 Synonyms: anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, flowering, inflorescence
 
 See Also: development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Flo*res"cence\, n. [See {Florescent}.] (Bot.)
A bursting into flower; a blossoming. --Martyn.
 
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 Related Terms: anthesis, bloom, blooming, blossom, blossoming, blow, blowing, budtime, early years, efflorescence, flowerage, flowering, flowering time, full bloom, jeunesse, juvenescence, juvenility, my burning youth, my green age, prime of life, salad days, seedtime of life, springtime of life, tender age, tenderness, unfolding, unfoldment, young blood, youngness, youth, youthfulness, youthhead, youthhood, youthiness
 

 

 

 

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