Reflorescent

//ˌri.fləˈrɛs.ənt// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    That flowers again. rare

    "The nearest approach to Remontant as used for Roses, would be, perhaps, "Reflorescent" or "Ever-bloom"."

  2. 2
    That flourishes again; resurgent, reviving. figuratively, rare

    "The absence of suitable means of expression in the vernacular for the rich dogmatic and ascetic teaching of a former age had led men to apply to this divine matter the classic forms so exuberantly reflorescent in the sixteenth century."

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"The nearest approach to Remontant as used for Roses, would be, perhaps, "Reflorescent" or "Ever-bloom"."

Etymology

From re- + florescent. Alternatively, directly from Latin reflorescens, present active participle of refloresco (“I flower anew”), from re- + floresco (“I flower”).

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