Adjective

(en adjective)

Having or resembling a bloom (as on fruit).

* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=May 2, author=Florence Fabricant, title=Lacking Alps, Goats Settle in Westchester, work=New York Times citation

, passage=Ms. Schwartz, above, a former management consultant who studied the craft in France, makes several delicately tangy cheeses, including an ash-coated pyramid, a soft herb-flecked one and another with a tender, bloomy rind. }}