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noun / verb

bloom

BLOOM/bluːm/

The opening and flourishing of flowers.

The pink bloom opens beside a closed bud.

A single newly opened pink wild rose on a short leafy stem, its fresh petals spread around a visible golden center, with one small closed bud beside it.
Etymology
bloomOld Norseflower, blossom

Bloom comes from a Scandinavian word akin to Old Norse blómi, which could mean a single flower or flowers and foliage collectively. The selected sense preserves the literal floral meaning.

In context

Northlawn Flower Farm and Gardens1:23
a plant that only gives you one bloom and takes up a small amount of space such as an ornamental cabbage where you're growing it you're cutting it it's only giving you one head
How to space annuals in a cut flower garden //Northlawn Flower Farm

More examples

  • Her confidence blooms in the supportive class.
  • An algae bloom covers part of the lake.
  • The portrait captures the bloom of youth.

Forms

bloom · blooms · bloomed · blooming

Similar words

blossom
A flower, or the act of flowering.
flower
The ordinary equivalent.