blooming
Bursting into blossom
Blooming describes flowers opening or plants producing flowers: The roses are blooming early this year.
Extended to anything flourishing or developing well: a blooming romance, blooming health.
In British English, blooming is a mild intensifier, a euphemism for bloody: That's blooming ridiculous.
Something in full bloom is at its peak: She was blooming with confidence.
Beginning to flower
- petalsColored bloom segments
- budsPre-bloom plant growths
- flowersPlant reproductive structures
- openingGap or start
unfolding · pollination · nectar · stamens · fragrant · gardenias · roses · orchids
Succeeding vigorously
- prosperousEnjoying wealth and success
- abundantExisting in great quantity
- bountifulPlentiful and generous
- burgeoningExpanding or developing rapidly
booming · prolific · fruitful · productive · expanding · teeming · luxuriant · verdant
Seed's initial growth phase
- seedlingRecently sprouted young plant
- sproutNew plant emergence
- budUnopened plant growth
- shootDischarge or capture
rooting · propagation · cultivation · maturing · ripening · developing · unfurling · emerging
Giving off steady light
- brightEmitting or reflecting light
- rosyPinkly warm or hopeful
- luminousEmitting or reflecting light
- beamingSmiling very broadly
flushed · healthy · vibrant · vivid · colorful · resplendent · dazzling · brilliant
blossoming
Beginning to flower
opening · unfolding · pollination · nectar · stamens · fragrant · gardenias · roses · orchids · magnolias
thriving
Succeeding vigorously
- prosperousEnjoying wealth and success
- abundantExisting in great quantity
- bountifulPlentiful and generous
burgeoning · booming · prolific · fruitful · productive · expanding · teeming · luxuriant · verdant · lush
germination
Seed's initial growth phase
shoot · rooting · propagation · cultivation · maturing · ripening · developing · unfurling · emerging · nascent
glowing
Giving off steady light
beaming · flushed · healthy · vibrant · vivid · colorful · resplendent · dazzling · brilliant · fresh-faced
bloody
Gore-covered or British curse
ruddy · flipping · freaking · darn · dashed · confounded · wretched · absolute · utter · complete
vernal
Relating to spring
tulips · crocuses · hyacinths · lilacs · budbreak · greenery · sprouts · saplings · nesting · warblers
- SpringApril, May, spring equinox, spring flowers, springtime renewal
- gardening termsgrowing, wilting, pruning, grafting, pollinating
- plant growthbud, buds, flower, fruit, leaf
- spring growthflowering, buds, budding, shoots, sprouting
- youthfulyoung, youthful, juvenile, teenage, adolescent
- plant biologyphotosynthesis, chloroplast, pollination, stamen, pistil
bloomingbarren
Unable to produce
sterile · infertile · unfruitful · unproductive · fruitless
- blooming onionDeep-fried layered vegetable appetizer
- blooming seasonWhen plants produce flowers
- blooming heckSoftened British exclamation
- night bloomingFlowering after sunset
- summer blooming
- night-blooming jasmineShrub releasing scent nocturnally
bloom, blossom, blooms, bloomed, blossoms, blossomed, bloomers, bloomer, abloom