anthesis

an·the·sis

A0330100 (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.]

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]

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]

anthesis

full bloom of a flower.See also: Flowers

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anthesis - the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossomsblossoming, florescence, flowering, inflorescence, efflorescencegrowing, 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"