Overbloom

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    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."

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"Coupled with sewage, the unnatural intensity of these nutrients makes the algae in the bay overbloom, and too much algae in turn blocks sunlight."

Etymology

From over- + bloom.

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