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The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
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anthesis
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Anthesis is the period during which a flower is fully open and functional. It may also refer to the onset of that period. The onset of anthesis is spectacular in some species. In Banksia species, for example, anthesis involves the extension of the style ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"full bloom," 1835, from Greek anthesis , noun of action from antheein "to blossom," from anthos "flower," (see anther ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The event of a flower opening.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms [syn: blossoming , flowering , florescence , inflorescence , efflorescence ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Anthesis \An*the"sis\, n. [Gr. ? bloom, fr. 'anqei^n to bloom, 'a`nqos flower.] (Bot.) The period or state of full expansion in a flower. --Gray.
Usage examples of anthesis.
You develop a thesis, you contradict it with an anthesis and then you resolve the contradiction with a synthesis.