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🌸 To flower again 🌸 A second flowering
to rebloom

to rebloom

1 4.4
To produce flowers again in the same season after the first bloom
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈblum/
  • Specialized
: reflorecer
  • To encourage your roses to rebloom, pinch off the spent flowers regularly.
  • variety that will rebloom

Examples

  • The garden is reblooming beautifully this year.

  • With the right conditions, your garden can rebloom with vibrant colors throughout the summer.

  • Some varieties of irises can rebloom in the fall after their initial spring display.

  • Gardeners appreciate plants that rebloom because they provide color throughout the season.

  • If you prune the bushes carefully, they may rebloom before the first frost arrives.

  • My roses rebloom every summer.

  • Many perennial plants will rebloom if they are cared for properly.

Antonyms

to fade
454 1.2

To slowly become less visible, bright, or loud

to wilt
8 3.2

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

How Often

remontant
  • Specialized
9.9
to rebloom
  • Specialized
1 4.4
bloom
43 1.0

Surface Forms

rebloom infinitive
rebloomed past
rebloomed past participle
reblooming present participle
reblooms third person singular

Morphology

rebloom = bloom (transparent) = re + bloom

The prefix 're-' adds the standard meaning 'again' to the verb 'bloom'.

Etymology

Rebloom comes from re- 'again' plus bloom 'to produce flowers', so to rebloom is for a plant to flower again after its first bloom.