florescence

UK: /flɔːˈrɛsəns/

US: /flɔˈrɛsəns, flə-/

US: (flô res′əns, flō-, flə-)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

flo•res•cence /flɔˈrɛsəns, flə-/   n. [uncountable]

1. Botany the act, state, or period of flowering;
   bloom.

flo•res•cent, adj. See -flor-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

flo•res•cence  (flô res′əns, flō-, flə-), n. 

1. Botany the act, state, or period of flowering;
   bloom.

• Latin flōrēsc(ēns) (present participle of flōrēscere to begin blooming, inchoative derivative of flōrēre to bloom, derivative of flōs flower) + -ence
• 1785–95

flo•res′cent, adj. 

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florescence / flɔːˈrɛsəns/ noun

1. the process, state, or period of flowering

Etymology: 18th Century: from New Latin flōrēscentia, from Latin flōrēscere to come into flower