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                              noun ADJ.  beautiful, exquisite, perfect a tree with exquisite blooms | fragrant | exotic VERB + BLOOM  bear, have, produce | burst into, come into The spring flowers have come into bloom. BLOOM + VERB  appear The small white blooms appear in May. | fade The blooms have started to fade now. PREP.  in ~ banks of rhododendrons in bloom PHRASES  in full bloom The roses are now in full bloom.
                        
                        
 
                        
                            Oxford Collocations Dictionary