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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Flower \Flow"er\ (flou"[~e]r), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Flowered} (flou"[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Flowering}.] [From the noun. Cf. {Flourish}.]
1. To blossom; to bloom; to expand the petals, as a plant; to produce flowers; as, this plant flowers in June.
2. To come into the finest or fairest condition.
Their lusty and flowering age. --Robynson (More's Utopia).
When flowered my youthful spring. --Spenser.
3. To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.
That beer did flower a little. --Bacon.
4. To come off as flowers by sublimation. [Obs.]
Observations which have flowered off. --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
flowered \flowered\ adjective resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers.
Syn: floral. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
flowered
adjective: resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers; "an unusual floral design" [syn: {floral}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "flowered": adorned, beaded, bedecked, bedizened, befrilled, bejeweled, beribboned, bespangled, blooming, bloomy, blossoming, decked out, decorated, efflorescent, embellished, feathered, festooned, figured, floral, floreate, florescent, floriate, floriated, floricultural, florid, flowering, flowery, garden, garnished, horticultural, hortulan, in bloom, in blossom, in flower, inflorescent, jeweled, multiflorous, ornamented, plumed, radiciflorous, rhizanthous, spangled, spangly, studded, tricked out, trimmed, uniflorous, wreathed
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