anthesis

an·the·sis

 (ăn-thē′sĭs)

n. pl. an·the·ses (-sēz)

The period during which a flower is fully open and functional.

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[Greek anthēsis, flowering, from anthein, to bloom, from anthos, flower.]

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anthesis

(ænˈθiːsɪs)

n

(Botany) the time when a flower becomes sexually functional

[C19: via New Latin from Greek: full bloom, from anthein to bloom, from anthos flower]

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an•the•sis

(ænˈθi sɪs)

n., pl. -ses (-sēz).

the period of blooming in flowers, esp. the maturing of the stamens.

[1825–35; < New Latin < Greek ánthēsis bloom =anthē-, variant s. of antheîn to bloom + -sis -sis]

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anthesis

full bloom of a flower.

See also: Flowers

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anthesis - 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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