"aflower" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /əˈflaʊɚ/ Forms: more aflower [comparative], most aflower [superlative]
Rhymes: -aʊ.ɚ Etymology: a- + flower Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|a|flower}} a- + flower Head templates: {{en-adj}} aflower (comparative more aflower, superlative most aflower)
  1. (archaic, poetic) flowering, in bloom Tags: archaic, poetic
    Sense id: en-aflower-en-adj-KImhRqib Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with a-

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          "ref": "1922, John Paris, Kimono",
          "text": "It beat down upon Tokyo its fetid exhalations, the smell of cooking, of sewage and of humanity, and the queer sickly scent of a powerful evergreen tree aflower throughout the city, which resembled the reek of that Nagasaki brothel, and recalled the dancing of the Chonkina.",
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