reflowering

Second time blossoming

Reflowering is the act of blooming again, either literally for plants that produce a second flush of flowers in a season, or figuratively for revivals and renewals: the reflowering of interest in classical music, pruning encourages reflowering in roses.

The term suggests something returning to a previous state of vitality or beauty.

botanical

blooming

Producing flowers now

nectar · stamen · pistil · inflorescence · florescence · budding · reblooming · second bloom · perennial · deadheading

renewal

rejuvenation

Restoration of youthful vigor

revitalization · transformation · fresh start · new beginning · reinvention · metamorphosis · reinvigoration · second chance · restoration · reawakening

regrowth

sprouting

Seeds beginning growth

new growth · reemergence · proliferation · propagation · recovery · restoration · reestablishment · rekindling · regeneration · leafing out

cyclical

seasonality

Dependence on annual cycles

annual cycle · dormancy · reactivation · return · succession · alternation · growth cycle

seasonal

spring

Recoiling metal spiral

  • autumnPost-summer cooling period
  • equinoxSun crosses celestial midline
  • thawReturn to liquid

frost · deciduous · dormant season · growing season · late bloom · Indian summer

Categories
Opposites
bloom recurrence

refloweringdeflowering

First sexual penetration

vitality/renewal

refloweringwithering

Drying and declining

wilting · fading · dormancy · senescence · decline

bloom sequence

refloweringfirst bloom

Earliest flower opening

Family

flower, flourish, flora, flowers, flowering, flowered, floral, florid, florist

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G