bloom : Idioms & Phrases

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autumn-blooming

  • adjective satellite of plants that bloom during the autumn
    late-flowering; fall-flowering; fall-blooming; autumn-blooming; autumn-flowering.
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bloom of youth

  • noun the best time of youth
    bloom; salad days.
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blooming-fool begonia

  • noun hybrid winter-blooming begonia grown for its many large pink flowers
    Begonia cheimantha; Christmas begonia.
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canker bloom

Can"ker bloom`
Definitions
  1. The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose.
Webster 1913

Cobalt bloom

  • noun a reddish mineral consisting of hydrated cobalt arsenate in monoclinic crystalline form and used in coloring glass; usually found in veins bearing cobalt and arsenic
    erythrite.
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  • . Same as Erythrite.
Webster 1913

early-blooming

  • adjective satellite of plants that bloom during the spring
    late-spring-blooming; early-blooming; spring-flowering; early-flowering.
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fall-blooming

  • adjective satellite of plants that bloom during the autumn
    late-flowering; fall-flowering; fall-blooming; autumn-blooming; autumn-flowering.
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fall-blooming hydrangea

  • noun deciduous shrub or small tree with pyramidal flower clusters
    Hydrangea paniculata.
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full-bloomed

Full"-bloomed` adjective
Definitions
  1. Like a perfect blossom. "Full-bloomed lips." Crashaw.
Webster 1913

late-blooming

  • adjective satellite of plants that bloom during the autumn
    late-flowering; fall-flowering; fall-blooming; autumn-blooming; autumn-flowering.
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late-spring-blooming

  • adjective satellite of plants that bloom during the spring
    late-spring-blooming; early-blooming; spring-flowering; early-flowering.
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night-blooming

Night"-bloom`ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Blooming in the night.
Webster 1913

Night-blooming cereus

  • noun any of several night-blooming cacti of the genus Selenicereus
  • noun any of several cacti of the genus Hylocereus
  • noun any of several cacti of the genus Cereus
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  • . (Bot.) See Note under Cereus.
Webster 1913

spring-blooming

  • adjective satellite of plants that bloom during the spring
    late-spring-blooming; early-blooming; spring-flowering; early-flowering.
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summer-blooming

  • adjective satellite of plants that bloom during the summer
    summer-flowering.
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Winter bloom

  • . (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Azalea. (b) A plant of the genus Hamamelis (H. Viginica); witch-hazel; so called from its flowers appearing late in autumn, while the leaves are falling.
Webster 1913

winter-blooming

  • adjective satellite of plants that bloom during the winter
    winter-flowering.
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Zinc bloom

  • cf. G. zinkblumen flowers of zinc, oxide of zinc (Min.), hydrous carbonate of zinc, usually occurring in white earthy incrustations; called also hydrozincite.
Webster 1913