florescence

== English == === Etymology === From Latin florēscō, from flōreō (“I 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. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /flɔˈɹɛsəns/ Homophone: fluorescence, in some pronunciations === Noun === florescence (countable and uncountable, plural florescences) The time, or the condition, of budding or flowering. ==== Usage notes ==== Not to be confused with fluorescence. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====