bloom
A bloom is a flower. You might mark the beginning of spring by the very first bloom you see in your garden.
The noun bloom is useful for talking about blossoms themselves, but you can also use it as a verb meaning the process of flowering: “Those trees seemed to bloom overnight!” Another meaning of bloom is more figurative, meaning the peak or ideal moment for something. The bloom of your career selling Girl Scout cookies might be one sunny weekend outside the local supermarket. The origin of the word bloom is the Old Norse word blóm, “flower or blossom.”
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produce or yield flowers
“The cherry tree
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burst forth, effloresce
come into or as if into flower
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develop
grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
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burst forth, effloresce
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reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
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floret, floweret
a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower)
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apetalous flower
flower having no petals
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inflorescence
the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk
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ray floret, ray flower
small flower with a flat strap-shaped corolla usually occupying the peripheral rings of a composite flower
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bud
a partially opened flower
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chrysanthemum
the flower of a chrysanthemum plant
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flower head
a shortened compact cluster of flowers so arranged that the whole gives the effect of a single flower as in clover or members of the family Compositae
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ament, catkin
a cylindrical spikelike inflorescence
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rosebud
the bud of a rose
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umbel
flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point; youngest flowers are at the center
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corymb
flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height; outer flowers open first
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flower cluster
an inflorescence consisting of a cluster of flowers
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cyme
more or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first
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spike
(botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis
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reproductive structure
the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction
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the organic process of bearing flowers
“you will stop all
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biological process, organic process
a process occurring in living organisms
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biological process, organic process
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the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
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golden age
a time period when some activity or skill was at its peak
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period, period of time, time period
an amount of time
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golden age
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the best time of youth
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time of life
a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state
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time of life
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a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
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good health, healthiness
the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease
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good health, healthiness
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a powdery deposit on a surface
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crystallisation, crystallization, crystallizing
the formation of crystals
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crystallisation, crystallization, crystallizing