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flowering

[flau-er-ing] / ˈflaʊ ər ɪŋ /


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The country’s subsequent artistic flowering, rich in variations on impressionism, expressionism and more, is on full view in the Hungarian National Gallery, ensconced since the 1970s in Buda’s hilltop Royal Palace.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Persistent heat or inadequate rainfall during coffee’s flowering period and its subsequent development might threaten production, said Jim Roemer, a commodity trading advisor who writes the Weather Wealth newsletter.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Younger students have been using the outdoor classroom areas to talk and play games, while others have been watching figeater beetles and butterflies visit flowering trees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

To explore this nutritional mismatch, researchers compared the essential amino acid composition of honeybee tissues with pollen collected from 99 UK flowering plant species representing 26 plant families.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026

The flowering branches have sprouted thorns so thickly that petals are barely visible.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black


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