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Definition of "autumn-flowering" []

  • Of plants that bloom during the autumn (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "autumn-flowering" in a sentence
  • "The Gardens are full of autumn-flowering cyclamen."
  • "One example unique to the Montane Fynbos and Renosterveld is the mountain pride butterfly (Meneris tulbaghia), which pollinates phylogenetically disparate autumn-flowering, high-altitude geophytes."
  • "There are many cases where a single pollinator is responsible for pollinating many species of plants, for example long-tongued flies (Tabanidae and Nemestrinidae) are the exclusive pollinators of many genera of petaloid monocots as well as Pelargonium and Erica; a butterfly is the exclusive pollinator of a phylogenetically disparate group of red-flowered and autumn-flowering species; hopliine (monkey) beetle pollination has evolved convergently in many genera, etc."
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