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autumn-flowering

autumn-flowering

4.2
Flowering in autumn
  • adjective
translation icon : floreciente en otoño
  • The autumn-flowering plants add color to the garden.

Examples

  • The autumn-flowering crocuses bring color to the garden after summer's end.

  • Many autumn-flowering plants are valued for their ability to brighten late-season borders.

  • We added several autumn-flowering species to our collection to extend the blooming period.

  • Many autumn-flowering species thrive in cooler temperatures.

  • In my garden, I love to plant autumn-flowering chrysanthemums that brighten the landscape as summer comes to an end.

  • The autumn-flowering crocus adds a splash of color in October when many other flowers have already faded.

  • During the fall, I appreciate how autumn-flowering plants like asters provide beautiful blooms just before winter sets in.

Synonyms

autumn-blooming
vsautumn-flowering
4.6

A plant that flowers in autumn to give color late in the year

describes the presence of flowers rather than the opening action
fall-blooming
vsautumn-flowering
  • US
4.7

A plant that produces flowers in autumn

refers to producing flowers rather than the bloom event
fall-flowering
vsautumn-flowering
  • US
4.4

A plant that makes flowers in autumn

uses a neutral term for flowers rather than the blooming act
late-flowering
vsautumn-flowering
4.4

Plants that bloom late in the growing season, often in autumn

marks a set season rather than a lateness compared with norms
late-blooming
vsautumn-flowering
4.7

A plant that flowers later than most, often in autumn

describes a set seasonal timing instead of relative lateness

Antonyms

spring-flowering
1 3.7

Plants that bloom in spring

summer-flowering
3.8

Plants that bloom in summer

Surface Forms

autumn-flowering positive

Morphology

autumn-flowering = autumn + flowering (transparent) = autumn + flower + ing

Clear compound of 'autumn' + 'flowering' meaning 'flowering in the autumn'; components map directly to the sense.

Etymology

Autumn-flowering is made of autumn ('fall') and flowering ('making flowers' or 'blooming'). So an autumn-flowering plant is one that blooms in the autumn, the season after summer.