- present participle of flower.
flowering
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Across more than 20 million years, Europe's landscapes were typically a shifting mosaic of trees, open spaces, and flowering plants rather than continuous stretches of closed forest.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
In recent years, a rise in tourism, a culinary flowering and a change in local tastes and habits have transformed the heart of Hungary’s capital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Persistent heat or inadequate rainfall during coffee’s flowering period and its subsequent development might threaten production, said Jim Roemer, a commodity trading advisor who writes the Weather Wealth newsletter.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
Younger students have been using the outdoor classroom areas to talk and play games, while others have been watching figeater beetles and butterflies visit flowering trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
There was no breeze and the air was full of the sweet, chrysanthemum-like smell of the flowering compositae of dry uplands—corn chamomile, yarrow and tansy.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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