blooms

Spring's colorful arrivals

Blooms is the plural of bloom—flowers, or the state of flowering: The garden was full of blooms.

It also refers to surface coatings: a waxy bloom on grapes, a cloudy bloom on old varnish.

As a verb, blooms means to flower or flourish: She blooms when given encouragement.

In steelmaking, blooms are semi-finished metal bars.

floral

petals

Colored bloom segments

  • budUnopened plant growth
  • pollenFloral reproductive grains
  • stamenPollen-producing flower organ

pistil · nectar · sepals · anther · corolla · inflorescence · bouquet · garland · floral · flowering

youthful

glow

Steady, soft light

complexion · freshness · vitality · healthy · blush · color · cheeks · dewy · luminous

garden

tulips

Bulb-grown ornamental flowers

peonies · dahlias · lilies · irises · marigolds · chrysanthemums · azaleas · camellias · hibiscus · jasmine

spring

vernal

Relating to spring

crocuses · magnolias · forsythia · sakura · greenery · emergence · seasonality · early · late · first

flourishing

thriving

Succeeding vigorously

abundance · profusion · proliferation · blossoming · flowering · peak · prime · heyday · zenith · golden age

algal

algae

Primitive aquatic photosynthesizers

eutrophication · toxic · harmful · phytoplankton · waterway · overgrowth · green · scum · contamination · ecosystem

Categories
Opposites
floral life stage

bloomswilts

Loses turgidity and droops

withers · fades · dies · droops · decays

growth and flourishing

bloomswithers

Shrinks from dryness

fades · dies · declines · languishes · deteriorates

Phrases
Family

bloom, blooming, bloomed, bloomers, bloomer, bloomy

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G