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flowering:
1. blooming (fig.) H5 III. iii. 14; “ youth,” bloom of manhood 1H6 II. v. 56.
2. flowery 2H6 III. i. 228 “the snake, roll'd in a bank,” Rom. III. ii. 73 “O serpent heart, hid with a face” (cf. Mac. I. v. 66 “look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under't” ).
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    • William Shakespeare, Macbeth, 1.5
    • William Shakespeare, Henry V, 3.3
    • William Shakespeare, The First Part of Henry VI, 2.5
    • William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henry VI, 3.1
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