flowering
     adj : bursting into flower; "flowering spring trees" [syn: {abloom},
            {efflorescent}]
     n 1: the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
          [syn: {blossoming}, {florescence}, {inflorescence}, {anthesis},
           {efflorescence}]
     2: a developmental process; "the flowering of ante-bellum
        culture" [syn: {unfolding}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0