be in flower
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That active city-dweller, the Greenie, is found in almost every large eucalypt that happens to be in flower.
From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by Leach, John Albert
It had no right to be in flower now.
From Notwithstanding by Cholmondeley, Mary
"Dear me," said the Rath, "what may that be in flower there?"
From Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. by Jean Paul
It is my theory that present chestnut breeders are crossing inferior material, using any specimens that happen to be in flower at the right time as long as they represent the species to be crossed.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 by Northern Nut Growers Association
Most of the plants found will not be in flower, and these send up but a single, oblong, pointed leaf.
From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton
