overflower
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]overflower (plural overflowers)
- One who, or that which, overflows.
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]overflower (third-person singular simple present overflowers, present participle overflowering, simple past and past participle overflowered)
- To produce too many flowers.
- 1917, Special Consular Reports - Volumes 77-80, page 26:
- It is said to be particularly useful when trees are inclined to bear only biennially, or in cases where trees are liable to overflower.
- 1917, House & Garden - Volumes 31-32, page 33:
- In some cases they are shy growers and apt to overflower their strength.
- 1964, Branko Pešić, Journal for Scientific Agricultural Research:
- Of the 45 species found in seven samples of hay cut on 26 June, 16 species had overflowered.