Bloomed (8)
I believe the answer is:
flowered
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">bloomed</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('flower' can be a synonym of 'bloom')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for flowered that I've seen before include "Blossomed" , "Put forth blossom" , "Reached a peak" , "opened out" , "Bloomed" .)