[see BLOW v.2] In bloom; that has blossomed. Cf. full-blown.
c. 1000. Sax. Leechd., II. 146. Geblowenne wyrta.
a. 1250. Owl & Night., 1636. Þe nihtegale … hupte uppon on blowe ris.
1606. Shaks., Ant. & Cl., III. xiii. 39. The blowne Rose.
1842. Tennyson, Lotos-Eaters, 47. Petals from blown roses on the grass.
1865. Swinburne, Poems & Ballads, Match, 5. Blown fields and flowerful closes.
