late-blooming
[leyt-bloo-ming]
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adjective
of or characteristic of a late bloomer: late-blooming brilliance.
late in coming about or showing full development: the country's late-blooming interest in soccer.
Origin of late-blooming
First recorded in 1965–70
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Contemporary Examples of late-blooming
Had the security service picked her up, they would have determined she was a late-blooming artist of a particularly modern kind.
Historical Examples of late-blooming
Lactea and pedunculata are both good white species, and the late-blooming Orcutti has light blue flowers.
The Book of BulbsSamuel Arnott
Late-blooming dahlias and asters made spots of starry color in the green.
Maida's Little ShopInez Haynes Irwin
So should he have exhaled the natural fragrance of a late-blooming flower of hereditary honour.
Madame de MauvesHenry James
A hybrid between the two 81 from which could be evolved a late-blooming almond is a consummation to be wished.
The Peaches of New YorkU. P. Hedrick
Even now, when the chills of autumn had begun to blow through its bowers, it was over-clambered with late-blooming flowers.
Joan of the Sword HandS(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett