blooming has definitions from the field of biology
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[ adjective ] in bloom

Examples

"a field carpeted with blooming violets"

Used in print

(Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)

Cool air moving slowly through the open or smashed out side windows hinted of blooming roadside vegetation , and occasionally a faint fragrance of perfume swirled from the back seat .

Related terms

flowering

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[ noun ] (biology) the organic process of bearing flowers

Synonyms

bloom

Examples

"you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed"

Used in print

(Organic Gardening and Farming,...)

The more I talked with him , the more convinced I became that that was the secret of their riotous blooming .

If those are n't enough for you , why not grow some just for winter blooming ?

I like to shear half my plants at_a_time , leaving one half of them to blossom while the second_half is getting_started on its new round of blooming .

Related terms

organic_process bloom

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[ adjective ] (used of persons) informal intensifiers

Examples

"what a bally (or blinking) nuisance" "a bloody fool" "a crashing bore" "you flaming idiot"

Related terms

unmitigated

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[ adjective ] having the pinkish flush of health

Related terms

healthy

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