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wildflowering

wildflowering noun: hiking with the purpose of observing wildflowers in their natural habitat.

Noun

wildflowering (uncountable)

  1. Hiking with the purpose of observing wildflowers in their natural habitat.
    • Last April was my last in Texas, and I attacked the month with a resolve to see as many wildflowers as I could. My tour began the first week in an early blooming region just north of Houston. The following week I continued by driving on a flower trail in Brenham, a Victorian county seat 75 miles...1989 February 19, Mitchel L. Zoler, “Blooms, Blooms on the Range”, in The New York Times, retrieved 01 Sep 2026
    • Alarka Laurel is a high-elevation bowl or "hanging valley" about 3 miles across. In this regard it is a sort of miniature Panthertown Valley. The headwaters of Alarka Creek are within the heart of the boggy red spruce forest. The valley floor is so level the slow-flowing current is often tinted...2014 September 24, George Ellison, “Nature Journal: Directions to an autumn paradise in WNC”, in The Asheville Citizen-Times, retrieved 01 Sep 2026

Examples of wildflowering in a sentence

  • Wildflowering and birding are excellent.2014 September 24, George Ellison, “Nature Journal: Directions to an autumn paradise in WNC”, in The Asheville Citizen-Times, retrieved 01...
  • When wildflowering, I always advise people to take their time.2024 April 3, Brady Nash, quoting Scott Dean, “A North Carolina naturalist’s tips for spotting springtime blooms”, in Atlanta, retrieved 01...

Origin of wildflowering

By surface analysis, wildflower + -ing.

Questions about wildflowering

What does wildflowering mean?
Wildflowering means hiking with the purpose of observing wildflowers in their natural habitat.
How do you use wildflowering in a sentence?
Wildflowering and birding are excellent.
What part of speech is wildflowering?
Wildflowering is a noun.

Words near wildflowering in the dictionary

  1. wildfire
  2. wildfire-fighter
  3. wildfire-fighters
  4. wildfires
  5. wildflower
  6. wildflowering
  7. wildflowers
  8. wildflysch
  9. wildfowl
  10. wildfowled
  11. wildfowler

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