flowering
Example Sentences
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Hartman loves growing crops, and his mother mentioned protea, an ancient type of flowering plant found in South Africa and Australia.
From Los Angeles Times
They remain underground for most of their lives and appear above the soil only during flowering season, and some species reproduce only through asexual means.
From Science Daily
Then what about a selection of poinsettias — the country’s top-selling potted flowering plant — in eye-popping colors?
From Los Angeles Times
The compilation is both a specific document of a proud music culture clamping down at home and flowering abroad.
From Los Angeles Times
A pink, flowering waterlily throws open his petals and furiously exudes a lovely fragrance, for he, too, would like to be remembered in verse.
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