bloom

bluːm

noun

a flower, especially one cultivated for its beauty.

an exotic bloom

flower,blossom,floweret,flowering,blossoming,florescence,efflorescence

verb

produce flowers; be in flower.

a chalk pit where cowslips bloomed

blossom,flower,be in blossom/flower,come into flower/blossom,open,open out,bud,sprout,burgeon,mature