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Bloomeria

Bloomeria

9.9
A small group of bulb plants that grow in the southwestern United States and Mexico
  • noun
  • Specialized
: Bloomeria
  • The rare Bloomeria produces delicate yellow flowers in early summer.

Examples

  • We saw several varieties of Bloomeria while hiking in southern California.

  • The Bloomeria plant thrives in dry, rocky soils.

  • The botanist wrote a paper on the distribution of Bloomeria species in Mexico.

  • Many gardeners appreciate the beauty of Bloomeria flowers.

  • The rare Bloomeria produces delicate yellow flowers in early summer.

  • The botanist wrote a paper on the distribution of Bloomeria species in Mexico.

  • We saw several varieties of Bloomeria while hiking in southern California.

Compounds

Bloomeria crocea
  • Specialized
9.9

A Californian plant with long grasslike leaves and bright orange star-shaped flowers

Surface Forms

Bloomeria singular
Bloomerias plural

Etymology

Bloomeria is a name for a group of plants and uses the common ending -ia, which people add when they name a group after a person, so it likely honors someone called Bloomer. A helpful way to remember it is to think of bloom 'flower' plus -ia, so Bloomeria sounds like a place of little flowers, and that is why it names small flowering bulb plants.