Flowering: alternatives and connections

The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an ima…

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

The act of unfolding or unrolling; hence, in the process of growth; development; as, the evolution of a flower from a bud, or an animal from the egg.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

of Grow

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity;…

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of pus or matter.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Alt. of Ontogeny

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

The history of the individual development of an organism; the history of the evolution of the germ; the development of an individual organism, -- in…

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth.

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth.

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

The period or state of full expansion in a flower.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

of Blossom

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

A bursting into flower; a blossoming.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

A flowering; the putting forth and unfolding of blossoms.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Having no flowers.

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Having no flowers.

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.