Flowering \Flow"er*ing\, a. (Bot.)
Having conspicuous flowers; -- used as an epithet with many
names of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood;
flowering almond, etc.
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{Flowering fern}, a genus of showy ferns ({Osmunda}), with
conspicuous bivalvular sporangia. They usually grow in wet
places.
{Flowering plants}, plants which have stamens and pistils,
and produce true seeds; phenogamous plants; --
distinguished from {flowerless plants}.
{Flowering rush}, a European rushlike plant ({Butomus
umbellatus}), with an umbel of rosy blossoms.
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