florescence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The time, or the condition, of budding or flowering.

Pronunciation

/flɔˈɹɛsəns/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-florescence.wav

Word forms

florescence florescences

Etymology

From Latin florēscō, from flōreō (“to bloom, flower”) + -ēscō, from flōs (“flower”), from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“flower, blossom”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”), as if through the form flōrēscentia.

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