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anthesis

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an·the·sis  (n-thss)
n. pl. an·the·ses (-sz)
The period during which a flower is fully open and functional.
[Greek anthsis, flowering, from anthein, to bloom, from anthos, flower.]
anthesis  (n-thss)
The period during which a flower is fully open and functional. Also called efflorescence.
anthesis
full bloom of a flower.
See also: Flowers
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Noun1.anthesisanthesis - the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
blossoming, florescence, flowering, inflorescence, efflorescence
growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"


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