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(verb) produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed" |
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Synonyms: blossom, flower |
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Related Words: burst forth, develop, effloresce |
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(noun) a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health |
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Synonyms: blush, flush, rosiness |
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Related Words: good health, healthiness |
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(noun) the best time of youth |
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Synonyms: bloom of youth |
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Related Words: time of life |
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(noun) a powdery deposit on a surface |
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Synonyms: efflorescence |
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Related Words: crystallisation, crystallization |
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(noun) reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts |
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Synonyms: blossom, flower |
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Related Words: apetalous flower, bud, chrysanthemum, floret, inflorescence, ray floret, ray flower, reproductive structure |
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(noun) the organic process of bearing flowers; "you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed" |
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Synonyms: blooming |
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Related Words: biological process, organic process |
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(noun) the period of greatest prosperity or productivity |
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Synonyms: blossom, efflorescence, flower, flush, heyday, peak, prime |
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Related Words: amount of time, period, period of time, time period |
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