Definitions
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- adjective of plants that bloom during the autumn
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Examples
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The splendid _A. japonica_, and its white variety called Honorine Joubert, the latter especially, are amongst the finest of autumn-blooming hardy perennials; they grow well in light soil, and reach 2-1/2 to 3 ft.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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-- A most lovely autumn-blooming plant, producing abundant spikes of Izia-like flowers about 2 ft. high.
Gardening for the Million Alfred Pink
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-- A fine, autumn-blooming plant, bearing long spikes of fragrant creamy-white flowers and curiously-spotted stems.
Gardening for the Million Alfred Pink
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The colchicums are excellent autumn-blooming bulbs and should be more generally planted.
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These autumn-blooming bulbs are planted in August or early September and treated in general the same as other similar bulbs.
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It was as if some autumn-blooming plant had put forth on a sunny October morning the flower of the year, and had been instantaneously blasted and cut down to the root.
Pages from a Journal with Other Papers Mark Rutherford 1872
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