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late-spring-blooming

late-spring-blooming

3.9
A plant that has flowers in the later part of spring
  • adjective
  • Specialized
translation icon : floreciente a finales de primavera
  • And then we've got the soap wart, which is the really beautiful late spring blooming ground cover.

Examples

  • One of my favorite aspects of the garden is the late-spring-blooming peonies that burst into bloom just when the weather warms up.

  • We planted late-spring-blooming tulips to ensure our garden would flourish well into May.

  • The garden was filled with vibrant flowers, including several late-spring-blooming varieties that added color as the season progressed.

Synonyms

spring-flowering
vslate-spring-blooming
1 3.7

Plants that bloom in spring

is narrower, focusing on later weeks of the season rather than all spring
spring-blooming
vslate-spring-blooming
3.5

A plant that has flowers in spring

is specific to the latter part of spring rather than the whole season

Surface Forms

late-spring-blooming positive

Morphology

late-spring-blooming = late + spring + bloom (transparent) = late + spring + bloom + ing

The phrase is a straightforward composition of 'late' + 'spring' + 'bloom' with the productive suffix '-ing', yielding 'blooming in late spring'.

Etymology

Late-spring-blooming comes from three English parts: late ('after the usual time'), spring ('the season when plants grow'), and blooming ('to open as a flower'), so it describes plants that open their flowers in the later part of spring.