upflower

English

Etymology

From up- +‎ flower.

Verb

upflower (third-person singular simple present upflowers, present participle upflowering, simple past and past participle upflowered)

(intransitive, poetic, archaic) To flower; to reach a state of full development or achievement.
- 1875, Paul Hamilton Hayne, The Mountain of the Lovers:
  The beauteous babe — a sour old beldame's care, / Upflowered at length a matchless maid, and fair.