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BLOOM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A powdery deposit on a surface

Synonyms:

bloom; efflorescence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("bloom" is a kind of...):

crystallisation; crystallization; crystallizing (the formation of crystals)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts

Synonyms:

bloom; blossom; flower

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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"):

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)

bud (a partially opened flower)

chrysanthemum (the flower of a chrysanthemum plant)

Holonyms ("bloom" is a part of...):

angiosperm; flowering plant (plants having seeds in a closed ovary)

Derivation:

bloom (produce or yield flowers)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The organic process of bearing flowers

Example:

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

Synonyms:

bloom; blooming

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("bloom" is a kind of...):

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

Derivation:

bloom (produce or yield flowers)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health

Synonyms:

bloom; blush; flush; rosiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("bloom" is a kind of...):

good health; healthiness (the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The best time of youth

Synonyms:

bloom; bloom of youth; salad days

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

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)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The period of greatest prosperity or productivity

Synonyms:

bloom; blossom; efflorescence; flower; flush; heyday; peak; prime

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Produce or yield flowers

Example:

The cherry tree bloomed

Synonyms:

bloom; blossom; flower

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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)

Sentence frame:

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Derivation:

bloom (reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts)

bloom (the organic process of bearing flowers)

bloomer (a flower that blooms in a particular way)

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 Context examples: 

Stamens are many, arranged in bundles of threes, and the flowers are profuse, arranged in branched cymes which bloom from June until September.

(Hypericum perforatum, NCI Thesaurus)

We enjoy looking at a lush green lawn or a red rose in full bloom.

(Color Blindness, NIH)

Bloom syndrome protein (1417 aa, ~159 kDa) is encoded by the human BLM gene.

(Bloom Syndrome Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Bloom syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder associated with mutations in BLM gene encoding protein that belongs to the family of DNA helicases.

(Bloom syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

She continued with her foster parents and bloomed in their rude abode, fairer than a garden rose among dark-leaved brambles.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

But he is as healthy as a May-hedge in bloom.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Bloom syndrome is caused by changes in a protein that normally helps cells make copies of the DNA.

(Bloom syndrome, NCI Dictionary)

The blooms are expected to become worse as the lake continues to be enriched by nitrogen and other nutrients from farm field runoff.

(Research reveals harmful algal blooms' daily cycles, National Science Foundation)

The data they analyzed from NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) between 2000-2018 indicates a possible regime shift in Sargassum blooms since 2011.

(Satellites Find Biggest Seaweed Bloom in the World, NASA)

Harmful algae blooms and resulting dead zones signal that a lake is in trouble.

(Ancient lakes: eyes into the past, and the future, National Science Foundation)