florescence
nounUS /flɔˈɹɛsəns/
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.
1
The time, or the condition, of budding or flowering.
- "Oh, you are a dear!" exclaimed Nora, who has been placed at a considerable disadvantage by being introduced just at this stage of her florescence.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
- Derived terms
- reflorescence, synflorescence