[Taxacom] Words

[Alan Franck]

I offer the word

 'effloresce'.

Enjoy.

Alan Franck, Ph.D. candidate
Herbarium Assistant
Dept. of Cell Biology, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology
BSF 218
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida 33620-5150
1(813)974-7602

On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 5:15 PM, John Steel
<john.steel at botany.otago.ac.nz>wrote:

> Maybe someone can come up with an answer to this enquirer's question.  The
> best I could do was anthesis, but it doesn't really fit the bill: maybe
> there's a suitable term in a language other than English?
>
> "What is the term that describes the action or process of a bud becoming a
> blossom in a flower, any flower. I want to know what the term is that
> describes the moment a bud transforms/opens into a flower.  Was trying to
> come up with the botanical word that evokes the
> potency/expectation/potential/showiness of that moment when the transition
> happens."
>
> Maybe symbolic for the approaching new year for which I offer my best
> wishes
> to all of you who have entertained and informed over this one.
>  John Steel.
>
>
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-- 
Alan Franck, Ph.D. candidate
Herbarium Assistant
Dept. of Cell Biology, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology
BSF 218
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida 33620-5150
1(813)974-7602