Bloom can either mean to yield cannabis flowers or may also refer to the blooming stage of cannabis plants or the flowering stage. The flowering stage occurs naturally when plants receive less than 12 hours of light a day. For cannabis to completely enter the flowering stage it requires periods of 10 to 12 hours of complete darkness.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
bloom (noun)1.
a mass of wrought iron from the forge or puddling furnace
2.
a bar of iron or steel hammered or rolled from an ingot
1.
a) - flower
b) the flowering state - the roses in bloom
c) a period of flowering - the spring bloom
d) a rapid and excessive growth of a plankton population (as of algae or dinoflagellates) - compare red tide
2.
a) a state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor
b) a state or time of high development or achievement - a career in full bloom
3.
a surface coating or appearance as
a) a delicate powdery coating on some fruits and leaves
b) a rosy appearance of the cheeks , broadly an outward evidence of freshness or healthy vigor
c) a cloudiness on a film of varnish or lacquer
d) a grayish discoloration on chocolate
e) glare caused by an object reflecting too much light into a television camera
intransitive verb
1.
a) to produce or yield flowers
b) to support abundant plant life - make the desert bloom
2.
a) (1) to mature into achievement of one's potential
(2) to flourish in youthful beauty, freshness, or excellence
b) to shine out - glow
3.
to appear or occur unexpectedly or in remarkable quantity or degree
4.
transitive verb
to become densely populated with microorganisms and especially plankton - used of bodies of water
1.
obsolete to cause to bloom
2.
to give bloom to
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Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
bloom (noun)1.
a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement
SYNONYMS:
blossom, florescence, floruit, flower, flush, heyday, high noon, prime, salad days, springtimeRELATED WORDS:
autumn, Indian summer; blooming, blossoming, efflorescence, flowering; acme, apex, climax, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, zenith; glory, grandeur, splendor; belle epoque ( belle époque), golden age, silver age; comeback, recovery, revivialNEAR ANTONYMS:
decay, decline, downfall; bottom, nadir; shriveling ( shrivelling), wilting, withering2.
a rosy appearance (of the cheeks)
SYNONYMS:
blush, color, flushRELATED WORDS:
brightness, brilliance, glow; pinkness, reddishness, redness, rosiness, ruddiness, sanguinenessNEAR ANTONYMS:
paleness, pallidness, pallor, pastiness, wanness, whiteness; greenishness, greenness, sallowness3.
the usually showy plant part that produces seeds
SYNONYMS:
bloom, blossomRELATED WORDS:
bud, floret, floweret ( flowerette); bouquet, nosegay, posy; arrangement, boutonniere, corsage, garland, lei, spray, wreath1.
to produce flowers
SYNONYMS:
blossom, blow, burgeon ( bourgeon), effloresce, flower, unfoldRELATED WORDS:
leaf, leave; bud; openNEAR ANTONYMS:
dry up, fade, shrivel, wilt, wither; die, drop, expire, perish2.
to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)
SYNONYMS:
bloom, color, crimson, flush, glow, reddenRELATED WORDS:
incarnadine, rouge, ruddle; abash, chagrin, discomfit, disconcert, embarrass, faze, humiliate, mortifyBloom (Wikipedia)
Bloom (Wiktionary)
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bluːm/
- Homophone: Bloom
- Rhymes: -uːm
Etymology 1
From Middle English blome, from Old Norse blóm, from Proto-Germanic *blōmô (“flower”). Doublet of bloom (“spongy mass of metal”); see there for more.
Noun
bloom (countable and uncountable, plural blooms)
- A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
- (collective) Flowers.
- (uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the
Flowering, Budding, Blossoming, Inflorescence, Floret
