overbloom

verb

overbloom

verb

Etymology From over- + bloom.

1

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences To produce an excessive amount of flowers or algae.

  • Coupled with sewage, the unnatural intensity of these nutrients makes the algae in the bay overbloom, and too much algae in turn blocks sunlight.2004, Robert P. Marzec, The Mid-Atlantic Region, page 83:

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