Cryptic crossword clue
Orlando's flower 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BLOOM

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What does BLOOM mean?

BLOOM noun
  1. A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
  2. Flowers, collectively.
  3. The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
  4. A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.
  5. Rosy colour; the flush or glow on a person's cheek.
  6. The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.
  7. Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.
  8. The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
  9. A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.
  10. A bright-hued variety of some minerals.
  11. A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled.
  12. An undesirable halo effect that may occur when a very bright region is displayed next to a very dark region of the screen.
BLOOM verb
  1. To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
  2. To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
  3. Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.
  4. Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigour; to show beauty and freshness.
  5. (Cooking) To bring out the flavor of a spice by cooking it in oil.
BLOOM noun
  1. The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process.

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