Anthesis

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  anthesis
       n : the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
           [syn: {blossoming}, {flowering}, {florescence}, {inflorescence},
            {efflorescence}]