florescence
5 synonyms for florescence, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The period when a plant buds and comes into flower.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Traces back to Latin florēscō, from flōreō (“to bloom, flower”) plus -ēscō, itself from flōs (“flower”), from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“flower, blossom”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”), as though formed through flōrēscentia.
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