Definition of lowering

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Lowering (a.) Dark and threatening; gloomy; sullen; as, lowering clouds or sky..

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Cineraria :: Cineraria (n.) A Linnaean genus of free-flowering composite plants, mostly from South Africa. Several species are cultivated for ornament..
Phytomeron :: Phytomeron (n.) An organic element of a flowering plant; a phyton.
Cloud :: Cloud (n.) That which has a dark, lowering, or threatening aspect; that which temporarily overshadows, obscures, or depresses; as, a cloud of sorrow; a cloud of war; a cloud upon the intellect..
Phanerogamia :: Phanerogamia (n. pl.) That one of the two primary divisions of the vegetable kingdom which contains the phanerogamic, or flowering, plants..
Inflorescence :: Inflorescence (n.) The mode of flowering, or the general arrangement and disposition of the flowers with reference to the axis, and to each other..
Extine :: Extine (n.) The outer membrane of the grains of pollen of flowering plants.
Aaron's Rod :: Aaron's rod () A plant with a tall flowering stem; esp. the great mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod..
Shed :: Shed (n.) The passageway between the threads of the warp through which the shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top and bottom made by raising and lowering the alternate threads..
Utricularia :: Utricularia (n.) A genus of aquatic flowering plants, in which the submersed leaves bear many little utricles, or ascidia. See Ascidium,.
Glowering :: Glowering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glowe.
Drop :: Drop (n.) Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an elevated position; also, a contrivance for lowering something.
Drop :: Drop (n.) A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet.
Tackle :: Tackle (n.) Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the block..
Herb :: Herb (n.) A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering..
Floricultural :: Floricultural (a.) Pertaining to the cultivation of flowering plants.
Beetle-browed :: Beetle-browed () Having prominent, overhanging brows; hence, lowering or sullen..
Honeysuckle :: Honeysuckle (n.) One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for their beauty, and some for their fragrance..
Ovary :: Ovary (n.) That part of the pistil which contains the seed, and in most flowering plants develops into the fruit. See Illust. of Flower..
Flowering :: Flowering (n.) The act of blossoming, or the season when plants blossom; florification..
Flowering :: Flowering (a.) Having conspicuous flowers; -- used as an epithet with many names of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood; flowering almond, etc..
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