flowering

adj 1: producing or having flowers; "a flowering branch";

"flowering plants" [ant: {flowerless}]

2: bursting into flower; "flowering spring trees" [syn: {abloom},

{efflorescent}]

n 1: the process of budding and unfolding of blossoms [syn: {blossoming},

{inflorescence}, {anthesis}, {efflorescence}]

2: a developmental process; "the flowering of ante-bellum

culture" [syn: {unfolding}]