florescence

From Latin florēscō, from flōreō (“to bloom, flower”) + -ēscō, from flōs (“flower”), from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“flower, blossom”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”), as if through the form flōrēscentia.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /flɔˈɹɛsəns/

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• Homophone: fluorescence, in some pronunciations

florescence (countable and uncountable, plural florescences)

1. The time, or the condition, of budding or flowering.
   • 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:

     "Oh, you are a dear!" exclaimed Nora, who has been placed at a considerable disadvantage by being introduced just at this stage of her florescence.

Not to be confused with fluorescence.