fosterage
- n encouragement; aiding the development of something
- n helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
fostering
- n encouragement; aiding the development of something
- n helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
- v promote the growth of
- v bring up under fosterage; of children
- v help develop, help grow
fothergilla
- n any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains
- n small genus of deciduous shrubs of the southeastern United States