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Added 9 October 2026

bloom

/bluːm/ noun

In Latin: vernō Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about bloom at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The organic process of bearing flowers.
you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed
Reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts.
The best time of youth.

verb

Produce or yield flowers.
The cherry tree bloomed

Origin

From Middle English blome, from Old Norse blóm, from Proto-Germanic *blōmô (“flower”). Doublet of bloom (“spongy mass of metal”); see there for more.

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