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late bloomer

noun

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  1. A person who reaches puberty or who matures comparatively later than is typical.

    • You can be a normal late bloomer whose progress through puberty hovers on the late side of each normal age range if: It's in your genes. That is, if one or both parents or other relatives were also late bloomers.

  2. A person who enters a romantic relationship or engages in sexual intercourse…

    A person who enters a romantic relationship or engages in sexual intercourse significantly later in life.

  3. A person who achieves proficiency or success in a field significantly later in life.

    • He was a late bloomer, finding success at 40 in Luc Besson's 1988 film The Big Blue.
    • [Harlow:] I'm just a late bloomer (Mmm) / I didn't peak in high school, I'm still out here gettin' cuter (Woo)
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    1. A flowering plant that blooms later in a growing season than other flowering plants.

      • One of the characteristics of the pawpaw is that it always bears [fruit], yet there is an occasional season when there is only a light crop on account of late frosts, but it generally bears some, as it is a late bloomer.

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