bloomy

adjective

ˈblü-mē 

1

: full of bloom

2

: covered with bloom

bloomy plums

3

: showing freshness or vitality

all the bloomy flush of life is fled

—Oliver Goldsmith

4

: having or being a thin, whitish rind formed on cheese by exposure to mold

… a sophisticated bohemian crowd sipping Baltic whites with their bloomy cheeses.

—Lesley Bargar Suter

Soft cheeses usually have a soft interior and a bloomy rind—a rind that is pliable and edible.

—Peggy Cullen

Word History

First Known Use

1606, in the meaning defined at sense 1