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florescence

US/flɔˈɹɛsəns/

florescence noun: the time, or the condition, of budding or flowering.

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Noun

florescence (countable and uncountable, plural florescences)

  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

florescence meaning in Tamil

florescence in Tamil

மலர்ச்சிப் பருவம்

Forms of florescence

pluralflorescences

Origin of florescence

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.

Words formed from florescence

Questions about florescence

What does florescence mean?
Florescence means the time, or the condition, of budding or flowering.
What is florescence in Tamil?
Florescence in Tamil is மலர்ச்சிப் பருவம். See Florescence meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is florescence?
Florescence is a noun.
How do you pronounce florescence?
Florescence is pronounced /flɔˈɹɛsəns/ (US).
What is the plural of florescence?
The plural of florescence is florescences.

Words near florescence in the dictionary

  1. Flores Men
  2. Flores minivet
  3. Flores minivets
  4. Floresca
  5. Florescas
  6. florescence
  7. florescences
  8. florescent
  9. Florescu
  10. Florescus
  11. floressence

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Adapted from Wiktionary: florescence (page history and authors); florescence (Tamil 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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