noun
the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
• Syn: ↑flowering, ↑florescence, ↑inflorescence, ↑anthesis, ↑efflorescence
• Derivationally related forms: ↑efflorescent (for: ↑efflorescence), ↑effloresce (for: ↑efflorescence), ↑flower (for: ↑flowering)
• Hypernyms: ↑growth, ↑growing, ↑maturation, ↑development, ↑ontogeny, ↑ontogenesis
Useful english dictionary. 2012.