florescence noun. [flɔ:'rɛs(ǝ)ns] L18.
[mod. Latin florescentia, from Latin florescent- pres. ppl stem of florescere inceptive of florere to flower: see -ENCE.]
The process of flowering or bursting into flower; the period of flowering. Now chiefly fig. Also (now rare or obsolete), an inflorescence.
Scientific American The imported culture did not reach full florescence until the sixth century.

► Earlier in REFLORESCENCE.

■ florescent adjective (rare) bursting into flower, flowering (lit. & fig.) E19.

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