florescent

Variant of florescence

florescence definition

flo·res·cence (flō res′əns, flô-, flə-)

noun

  1. the act, condition, or period of blooming
  2. a period of success or achievement

Etymology: < L florescens, prp. of florescere, to begin to bloom, inceptive of florere, to bloom < flos: see bloom

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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