Dictionary entry details
• BLOOM (noun)
Meaning:
The organic process of bearing flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
blooming; bloom
Context example:
you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed
Hypernyms ("bloom" is a kind of...):
biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)
Meaning:
Reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
blossom; bloom; flower
Hypernyms ("bloom" is a kind of...):
reproductive structure (the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction)
Meronyms (parts of "bloom"):
chlamys; floral envelope; perianth; perigone; perigonium (collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils)
floral leaf (a modified leaf that is part of a flower)
ovary (the organ that bears the ovules of a flower)
carpel (a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil)
pistil (the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma)
stamen (the male reproductive organ of a flower)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bloom"):
bud (a partially opened flower)
floret; floweret (a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower))
apetalous flower (flower having no petals)
inflorescence (the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk)
ray floret; ray flower (small flower with a flat strap-shaped corolla usually occupying the peripheral rings of a composite flower)
chrysanthemum (the flower of a chrysanthemum plant)
Holonyms ("bloom" is a part of...):
angiosperm; flowering plant (plants having seeds in a closed ovary)
Meaning:
The best time of youth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
salad days; bloom of youth; bloom
Hypernyms ("bloom" is a kind of...):
time of life (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)
Holonyms ("bloom" is a part of...):
youth (the time of life between childhood and maturity)
Meaning:
A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
blush; rosiness; flush; bloom
Hypernyms ("bloom" is a kind of...):
good health; healthiness (the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease)
Meaning:
The period of greatest prosperity or productivity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
heyday; flush; efflorescence; blossom; peak; prime; flower; bloom
Hypernyms ("bloom" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bloom"):
golden age (a time period when some activity or skill was at its peak)
Meaning:
A powdery deposit on a surface
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
efflorescence; bloom
Hypernyms ("bloom" is a kind of...):
crystallisation; crystallization; crystallizing (the formation of crystals)
• BLOOM (verb)
Meaning:
Produce or yield flowers
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
bloom; blossom; flower
Context example:
The cherry tree bloomed
Hypernyms (to "bloom" is one way to...):
develop (grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bloom"):
burst forth; effloresce (come into or as if into flower)
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