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Definition of flowering noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

flowering

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/ˈflaʊərɪŋ/
 
/ˈflaʊərɪŋ/
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  1. [uncountable] the time when a plant has flowers
    • Plant bulbs in September for spring flowering.
  2. [countable, usually singular] flowering of something the time when something, especially a period of new ideas in art, music, science, etc., reaches its most complete and successful stage of development
    • the flowering of Viennese intellectual life
    • the flowering of democracy
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