noun
- The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms.
- synonyms: flowering, florescence, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence
verb
- Produce or yield flowers.
- usage: "The cherry tree bloomed"
- Develop or come to a promising stage.
- usage: "Youth blossomed into maturity"
- synonyms: blossom, blossom out, blossom forth, unfold
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