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blooming

blooming

2 1.8
The time when a plant produces flowers
  • noun
  • /ˈbluːmɪŋ/
: floración

Examples

  • Station 6: Blooming Flowers and Full Moon

    Academic text (2010)

  • However, all the plants are in simultaneous bloom, splashing the walls with brilliant flowers and fruits.

  • A single drop of seawater can contain thousands of these creatures, and phytoplankton blooms are large enough to be seen from space.

  • So if there is sunlight, the provision of limiting nutrients, mainly nitrogen in this region, nitrates, algal blooms occur naturally.

  • The blooming of the cherry trees in spring attracts many visitors to the park.

  • During the summer, the blooming of sunflowers adds vibrant colors to the fields.

  • The blooming of roses in her garden filled the air with a sweet fragrance.

Synonyms

bloom
vsblooming
43 1.0

A flower on a plant or the time when a plant makes flowers

refers only to the process of producing flowers not the single flower
full bloom
vsblooming
9 3.0

A plant with its flowers fully open and very beautiful

refers to the whole production process rather than the peak state
flowering
vsblooming
4 2.0

The time when a plant makes many blossoms

refers to the general process of producing flowers
blossoming
vsblooming
1 2.5

A time when flowers open and plants become full of blooms

covers the whole process of producing flowers beyond early opening
florescence
vsblooming
  • Specialized
1 8.4

Time when many flowers bloom on a plant or in a garden

describes the actual process of producing flowers rather than just the period
inflorescence
vsblooming
  • Specialized
1 8.7

The time when a plant's flowers form and open

is about the whole production process rather than the sequence on the plant
efflorescence
vsblooming
1 9.3

The time when flowers open and bloom

refers to the process of producing flowers in general

Antonyms

to die
∞ 1.0

To stop living and no longer be alive

to wilt
8 3.2

To become limp and droop from heat, lack of water, or disease

Idioms

blooming heck
  • UK
1 9.1

A short shout people use to show surprise or mild annoyance

Compounds

late-blooming
1 4.8

Something that develops or succeeds later than usual

early-blooming
1 3.4

A plant that flowers early in the growing season, often in spring

late-blooming
1 4.7

A plant that flowers later than most, often in autumn

spring-blooming
1 3.5

A plant that has flowers in spring

fall-blooming
  • US
1 4.7

A plant that produces flowers in autumn

summer-blooming
1 3.1

That blooms in summer

winter-blooming
1 4.3

Producing flowers during the winter

night-blooming cereus
1 9.8

A cactus with large, fragrant flowers that open at night and wilt by morning

autumn-blooming
1 4.6

A plant that flowers in autumn to give color late in the year

ever-blooming
1 4.1

Producing flowers for many months

late-spring-blooming
  • Specialized
1 3.9

A plant that has flowers in the later part of spring

blooming-fool begonia
  • Specialized
9.6

A begonia with many large pink flowers that blooms in winter

fall-blooming hydrangea
  • US
8.3

A bush that loses its leaves and has large cone-shaped flowers in fall

How Abundant

full bloom
9 3.0
blooming
2 1.8
dormancy
3 6.2
flowerless
1 4.5

Surface Forms

blooming singular
bloomings plural

Morphology

blooming = bloom (transparent) = bloom + ing

A straightforward gerund/nominalization from the verb 'bloom'; learners who know 'bloom' will readily infer the process noun 'blooming'.

Etymology

Blooming comes from an old English word blōma meaning 'flower' and is like the common word blossom. So the blooming of a plant is the process when it makes flowers.