florescence

Questions about florescence

What does florescence mean?

florescence means "the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms".

How many syllables are in florescence?

florescence has 3 syllables and divides as flo-re-scence under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for florescence?

Close synonyms include blossoming, flowering, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is florescence a common word?

florescence is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.