Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

choking bloom

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.42 in modern English

Syllables: chok-ing bloom
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An event in which a colony of plants, algae, or bacteria becomes so widespread in a body of water that it draws enough oxygen out of the water to kill other inhabitants of that ecosystem, and eventually becomes unable to sustain itself.

Inflected Forms

choking blooms (plural)

Questions

What does choking bloom mean?: An event in which a colony of plants, algae, or bacteria becomes so widespread in a body of water that it draws enough oxygen out of the water to kill other inhabitants of that ecosystem, and eventually becomes unable to sustain itself.

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