[mass noun]the process of flowering 开花期 the Hieracia are erect throughout the process of florescence. 整个开花期山柳菊是竖立的。 [count noun]a spectacular cultural florescence. 引人注目的文化繁荣期。
语源
late 18th cent.: from modern Latin florescentia, from Latin florescere 'begin to flower', based on flos, flor- 'flower'