bloom
bloom
/bluːm/
1 (formal or specialist) countable a flower (usually one on a plant that people admire for its flowers) the exotic blooms of the orchid
The plant produced a single white bloom.
The small pink blooms appear in May.
a tree with exquisite blooms
Collocations
adjective
verb + bloom
bloom + verb
preposition
in bloom
phrases
in full bloom
burst into bloom
come into bloom
the bloom in her cheeks
the bloom of youth
Idioms
bloom
/bluːm/
Most roses will begin to bloom from late May.
Tulips were blooming as far as the eye could see.
The children had bloomed during their stay on the farm.
She was blooming with good health.
Word Origin
Middle English: from Old Norse blóm ‘flower, blossom’, blómi ‘prosperity’, blómar ‘flowers’.