anthesis

2 definitions found

anthesis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

anthesis - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  anthesis
      n 1: the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
           [syn: blossoming, flowering, florescence,
           inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence]