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n. - The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms.

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  • These glands secrete a viscid juice at the time of anthesis.
  • They maintained full receptivity on the 22nd day after the beginning of anthesis.
  • These swellings help to spread out the branches especially at the time of anthesis.
  • But I was surprised to hear that it was perceived by someone as the anthesis of being a physicist.
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  • Time-lapse photography reveals the "anthesis" (opening to full bloom) of flowers, showing the "antithesis" (direct opposite) of a very slow process in real time.
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