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autumn-blooming

autumn-blooming

4.6
A plant that flowers in autumn to give color late in the year
  • adjective
translation icon : floreciente en otoño
  • Many gardens feature autumn-blooming chrysanthemums for late color.

Examples

  • The autumn-blooming flowers add vibrant colors to the garden.

  • The autumn-blooming sedum provides nectar for bees in September.

  • Some autumn-blooming plants thrive even after temperatures begin to drop.

  • Isn't the autumn-blooming plant beautiful?

  • The garden features a variety of autumn-blooming flowers that provide vibrant colors as summer fades.

  • I love the autumn-blooming asters that brighten up my yard when most plants have finished flowering.

  • In the fall, the autumn-blooming chrysanthemums add a cheerful touch to the landscape.

Synonyms

autumn-flowering
vsautumn-blooming
4.2

Flowering in autumn

is the same meaning but differs only in wording
fall-blooming
vsautumn-blooming
  • US
4.7

A plant that produces flowers in autumn

is the same meaning but uses alternative common wording
fall-flowering
vsautumn-blooming
  • US
4.4

A plant that makes flowers in autumn

is the same idea expressed with different wording
late-flowering
vsautumn-blooming
4.4

Plants that bloom late in the growing season, often in autumn

is used for flowers occurring in the autumn season rather than relative lateness
late-blooming
vsautumn-blooming
4.7

A plant that flowers later than most, often in autumn

is fixed to flowering during the autumn season rather than later than usual

Antonyms

spring-blooming
3.5

A plant that has flowers in spring

summer-blooming
3.1

That blooms in summer

How Late

autumn-blooming
4.6

Surface Forms

autumn-blooming positive

Morphology

autumn-blooming = autumn + bloom (transparent) = autumn + bloom + ing

The adjective is a straightforward compound combining 'autumn' and the participial form 'blooming', meaning 'flowering in autumn', which is directly inferable from its parts.

Etymology

Autumn-blooming comes from two simple words: autumn ('the season when leaves fall') and bloom ('to make flowers'). So autumn-blooming means plants that open their flowers in autumn, which makes it easy to remember as 'flowering in the autumn season'.