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Meanings of flowering in English

Portuguese
floração
Spanish
florecimiento

The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms.

      floração
      Catalan
      florescent

      Having a flower or bloom.

            Related terms
            florescent
            Portuguese
            floração
            Catalan
            desplegament
            Spanish
            florecimiento

            A developmental process.

                  floração
                  Usage of flowering in English
                  1
                  This species normally takes a few years to settle down to flowering.
                  The Guardian
                  2
                  Still, this late flowering must be a source of pleasure for him.
                  The Guardian
                  3
                  It is a late-flowering annual that needs plenty of time to develop.
                  The Guardian
                  4
                  It commences flowering in May, and frequently continues until frosts set in.
                  Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs
                  5
                  My final effort was to blast it right in its flowering jaws.
                  Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain
                  6
                  Vines are growing beautifully, flowering has finished and the fruit is set.
                  Radio NZ
                  7
                  Though deficient in trees, Patmos now abounds in flowering plants and shrubs.
                  The Illustrated London Reading Book
                  8
                  Mosquitoes are still biting, geraniums continue to bloom, magnolia trees are flowering.
                  The Irish Times
                  9
                  Pinch out the growing tips constantly to encourage bushiness and delay flowering.
                  The Irish Times
                  10
                  Nor was there any marked difference in the period of their flowering.
                  The Effects of Cross & Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingd...
                  11
                  Far below his armpit he saw the luminous flowering round the rock.
                  Lord of the Flies
                  12
                  The garden at the back was full of flowering cherries and plums.
                  Howards End
                  13
                  Pohutukawa are out six weeks early and even the jacarandas are flowering.
                  Radio NZ
                  14
                  He went slowly down the steps and out through the flowering shrubs.
                  The Ne'er-Do-Well
                  15
                  Beethoven's Sixth Symphony is a musical flowering of Beethoven's love of nature.
                  Radio NZ
                  16
                  She has a broken branch of some flowering tree in her hand.
                  Public Speaking
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                  Translations for flowering
                  Portuguese
                  floração
                  Flowering through the time
                  Flowering across language varieties
                  Ireland
                  Common
                  New Zealand
                  Common
                  United Kingdom
                  Common
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