Definition of "florescence" [flo•res•cence]

• A condition, time, or period of flowering. See Synonyms at bloom1. (noun)

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• "Although, like Crash, Lord Horror is composed in conventional narrative, it is not what it seems; it is an intricate tableau, or rather a series of tableaux, a florescence from a central idea, which we expanded into picaresque forms that really make no overall narrative sense."
• "I was sitting on the floor with my back resting against the tub, washed in florescence, the door closed and locked."
• "The low-watt florescence lights, the sweet edgy smells, the greetings with hands so dry they feel like crushed autumn leaves."