Definitions
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- adj. Having or resembling a bloom (as on fruit).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Full of bloom; flowery; flourishing with the vigor of youth.
- adj. Covered with bloom, as fruit.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Full of bloom or blossoms; flowery.
- Having a bloom, or delicate powdery appearance, as fresh fruit.
- Having freshness or vigor as of youth.
Etymologies
Examples
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Some savvy American cheesemakers have taken to offering small cheeses with Camembert-like bloomy white rinds, including the soil-scientists-cum-cheesemakers who run Prairie Fruits Farm in Illinois.
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Camembert cheese or substitute any bloomy rind cheese, such as brie, cut into four slices
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A fairly young cheese with a soft, bloomy rind is ideal for melting.
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After aging, it is cut into 10-pound blocks and aged an additional 10 weeks in a cave, where it develops a bloomy white-mold rind.
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I had never a goat cheese of that character, with the wonderful bloomy rind covering ash and the unctuous ribbon of aged cheese that surrounds the creamy center.
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The blue was creamy with a piquant white pepper kick, the washed rind's scent dissipated when unwrapped and was luxuriously silky, and the dome of chevre was fresh and sweet, with a little touch of acid from the bloomy rind.
Adventures With the Stinky Cheese Man: Andrew From Andrew's Cheese Shop
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Run before it gets you with its diaper bag smell, pustules of mold, and ambiguous bloomy rind!
Adventures With the Stinky Cheese Man: Andrew From Andrew's Cheese Shop
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G swears he has never seen one quite so .. bloomy ..
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Instead they have to call it Quebec Thermalized cow milk, with triple cream, and bloomy rind.
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My favorite cheese purveyor is gone, since, after all, who really needs a bloomy rind at $25 a pound when gas is running at close to $4 a gallon?
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