summer-blooming

Thân thiện

The garden is full of summer-blooming flowers.

Definition

Adjective: * Of plants that bloom during the summer. This term describes a plant whose flowering period occurs primarily in the summer months.

Usage

The adjective "summer-blooming" is used directly before a noun to classify or describe a type of plant. * It is a compound adjective formed by combining "summer" and "blooming." * It is typically hyphenated when used before a noun.

Examples

• We planted summer-blooming lilies to ensure color in the garden after the spring flowers fade.
• The garden's design focuses on summer-blooming perennials and shrubs.
• This catalog has a special section for summer-blooming bulbs.

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used predictively (after a linking verb like "is" or "are"), though it is less common. In this case, the hyphen is often omitted: "Most of the plants in this border are summer blooming."

Variants and Related Words

• Summer-bloomer (noun): A plant that blooms in the summer. (e.g., "Daylilies are reliable summer-bloomers.")
• Summer-flowering (adjective): A synonym with identical meaning. (e.g., "summer-flowering clematis")

Synonyms

• Summer-flowering

Antonyms

• Spring-blooming
• Fall-blooming / Autumn-blooming
• Winter-blooming

Học thuật

Adjective

1. of plants that bloom during the summer

Từ đồng nghĩa

• summer-flowering