Flowering

  • 91flowering plant — flow′ering plant′ n. pln a plant that produces flowers, fruit, and seeds; angiosperm • Etymology: 1860–65 …

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  • 92flowering quince — flow′ering quince′ n. pln any E Asian shrubs of the genus Chaenomeles, of the rose family, having large flowers and a quincelike fruit …

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  • 93flowering dogwood — /flaʊərɪŋ ˈdɒgwʊd/ (say flowuhring dogwood) noun a deciduous shrub, Cornus florida, native to the eastern US, widely planted for its pink and white flowers …

  • 94flowering gum — /flaʊərɪŋ ˈgʌm/ (say flowuhring gum) noun any of various eucalypts that produce massed showy flowers, in colours ranging from cream to orange, pink, or crimson …

  • 95flowering quince — /flaʊərɪŋ ˈkwɪns/ (say flowuhring kwins) noun any of several garden shrubs with white, pink or red flowers belonging to the genus Chaenomeles, as C. speciosa; japonica …

  • 96flowering rush — /flaʊərɪŋ ˈrʌʃ/ (say flowuhring rush) noun an aquatic herb of the family Butomaceae, with long narrow leaves and umbels of pink flowers, Butomus umbellatus, of Europe and temperate Asia …

  • 97flowering ash — noun 1. southern Mediterranean ash having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna • Syn: ↑manna ash, ↑Fraxinus ornus • Hypernyms: ↑ash, ↑ash tree 2. shrubby California ash with showy off white flowers • Syn: ↑ …

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  • 98flowering fern — noun 1. Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds • Syn: ↑Helminthostachys zeylanica • Hypernyms: ↑fern • Member Holonyms: ↑Helminthostachys, ↑genus Helminthostachys 2. any fern of the …

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  • 99flowering glume — noun the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae • Syn: ↑lemma • Hypernyms: ↑glume * * * noun : lemma …

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  • 100flowering hazel — noun any of several Asiatic deciduous shrubs cultivated for their nodding racemes of yellow flowers that appear before the leaves • Syn: ↑winter hazel • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms: ↑Corylopsis, ↑genus Corylopsis * …

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