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Anthesis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The period during which a flower is fully open and functional.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The event of a flower opening.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The period or state of full expansion in a flower.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The period or act of expansion in flowers.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms

Word Usage

"The dialectic is anologous to the hammer and the anvil–the hammer rises, the thesis, the hammer falls, the anthesis, and finally the anvil becomes the new synthesis, the new policies."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

ontogeny development ontogenesis maturation growing