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bloom

 
Noun bloom has 6 senses
  1. blooming, bloom - the organic process of bearing flowers; "you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed"
    --1 is a kind of organic process, biological process
    Derived form: verb bloom1
  2. flower, bloom, blossom - reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
    --2 is a kind of reproductive structure
    --2 is a part of angiosperm, flowering plant
    --2 has parts:
     stamen; pistil; carpel; ovary; floral leaf; perianth, chlamys, floral envelope, perigone, perigonium
    --2 has particulars:
     floret; apetalous flower; inflorescence; ray flower, ray floret; bud; chrysanthemum
    Derived form: verb bloom1
  3. bloom, bloom of youth, salad days - the best time of youth
    --3 is a kind of time of life
    --3 is a part of youth
  4. bloom, blush, flush, rosiness - a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
    --4 is a kind of good health, healthiness
  5. flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush - the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
    --5 is a kind of time period, period of time, period
    --5 has particulars: golden age
  6. efflorescence, bloom - a powdery deposit on a surface
    --6 is a kind of crystallization, crystallisation, crystallizing
Verb bloom has 1 sense
  1. bloom, blossom, flower - produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed"
    --1 is one way to develop
    Derived forms: noun bloom1, noun bloom2, noun bloomer1
    Sample sentence:
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