flowering
adjective
[ ˈflaʊərɪŋ ]
• (of a plant) in bloom.
• "a window box of flowering geraniums"
flowering
noun
• the action of producing flowers.
• "the clematis can be grown to coincide with the flowering of the roses"
• the attainment of an optimum stage of development.
• "the flowering of Viennese intellectual life"
flower
verb
• (of a plant) produce flowers; bloom.
• "Michaelmas daisies can flower as late as October"
• be in or reach an optimum stage of development; develop fully and richly.
• "she flowered into as striking a beauty as her mother"
Origin:
Middle English flour, from Old French flour, flor, from Latin flos, flor- . The original spelling was no longer in use by the late 17th century except in its specialized sense ‘ground grain’ (see flour).
