1. Produce or yield flowers
   "The cherry tree bloomed"
   - blossom, flower

1. The organic process of bearing flowers
   "you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed"
   - blooming 
2. Reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colourful parts
   - flower, blossom 
3. The best time of youth
   - bloom of youth, salad days 
4. A rosy colour (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
   - blush, flush, rosiness 
5. The period of greatest prosperity or productivity
   - flower, prime, peak, heyday, blossom, efflorescence, flush 
6. A powdery deposit on a surface
   - efflorescence

Derived forms: blooming, bloomed, blooms

See also: bloomer

Type of: biological process, crystallisation [Brit], crystallising [Brit], crystallization, crystallizing, develop, good health, healthiness, organic process, period, period of time, reproductive structure, time of life, time period

Part of: angiosperm, flowering plant, youth

Encyclopedia: Bloom, KS Bloom, Allan David Bloom Bloom, Kansas Bloom, Wisconsin Bloom, WI Bloom, Red & the Ordinary Girl

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