florescence

noun /flɔˈɹɛsəns/

1. The time, or the condition, of budding or flowering.

   countable, uncountable

   "Oh, you are a dear!" exclaimed Nora, who has been placed at a considerable disadvantage by being introduced just at this stage of her florescence.

Where it comes from

From Latin florēscō, from flōreō (“to bloom, flower”) + -ēscō, from flōs (“flower”), from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“flower, blossom”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”), as if through the form flōrēscentia.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry florescence (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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