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a plant's loudest argument, screamed in petals at anything that might carry pollen
means To produce flowers, or more broadly to flourish into full, healthy, vivid development.
from From Old Norse 'blóm' or 'blómi' (flower, blossom), entering Middle English as 'blome.' It belongs to a wide Germanic family — related to Old English 'blōwan' (to flower) and a cousin of the same root that gives us 'blossom' and the Latin 'flos' (flower, source of 'floral'). All of these trace back to a Proto-Indo-European root '*bhel-' meaning to thrive, swell, or burst forth — the same swelling impulse behind 'blade' and 'blow' in the sense of a flower 'blowing' open.
- timing
- some bamboo blooms once, then dies, every 120 years
- corpse flower
- blooms reeking of rotting flesh to lure flies
- deception
- some orchids fake female wasps to trick males
- night shift
- moonflowers open only after dark for moths
- oldest
- flowering plants out-bred dinosaurs into extinction
bloom county — comic strip by berkeley breathed, ran 1980-1989
bloom london restaurant — michelin-starred restaurant in fitzrovia, opened 2022
orlando bloom — actor, born 1977, starred in lord of the rings