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anthesis

/ænˈθisɪs/

anthesis noun: the event of a flower opening.

Noun

anthesis (countable and uncountable, plural antheses)

  1. The event of a flower opening.

anthesis meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Indonesian

anthesis in Tamil

அரும்பவிழ்வு, பூத்தல், மலர்தல், மலரும்பருவம், பூமலாச்சி, அலர்வு

anthesis in Urdu

پھُولوں کا کھِلنا, شَگُفتَگی, گُل کُشائی

anthesis in Bengali

ফুল ফোটার সময়, প্রক্রিয়া

anthesis in Indonesian

the event of a flower opening
antesis

Forms of anthesis

pluralantheses

Origin of anthesis

Ancient Greek ἄνθησις (ánthēsis, “flowering”), from ἀνθέω (anthéō), from ἄνθος (ánthos).

Words formed from anthesis

Questions about anthesis

What does anthesis mean?
Anthesis means the event of a flower opening.
What is anthesis in Tamil?
Anthesis in Tamil is அரும்பவிழ்வு, பூத்தல், மலர்தல். See Anthesis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is anthesis?
Anthesis is a noun.
How do you pronounce anthesis?
Anthesis is pronounced /ænˈθisɪs/.
What is the plural of anthesis?
The plural of anthesis is antheses.

Words near anthesis in the dictionary

  1. antherozooids
  2. antherozoon
  3. anthers
  4. Anthes
  5. antheses
  6. anthesis
  7. Anthesteria
  8. Anthesterion
  9. anthetic
  10. anthia
  11. anthias

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anthesis (page history and authors); anthesis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anthesis (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anthesis (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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