·noun The act of adorning with flowers.
II. Flowering ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Flower.
III. Flowering ·noun The act of blossoming, or the season when plants blossom; florification.
IV. Flowering ·adj Having conspicuous flowers;
— used as an epithet with many names of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood; flowering almond, ·etc.