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🌸 A second flowering 🌸 To flower again
to rebloom

to rebloom

4.4
To produce flowers again in the same season after the first bloom
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈblum/
  • Specialized
translation icon : 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
531 1.2

To slowly become less visible, bright, or loud

to wilt
18 3.2

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

How Often

remontant
  • Specialized
9.9
to rebloom
  • Specialized
4.4
bloom
52 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.