Usually means: Develops skills or matures slowly.
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  1. late bloomer: Merriam-Webster
  2. late-bloomer: Wordnik
  3. late bloomer: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. late bloomer: Wiktionary
  5. late bloomer: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  6. late bloomer: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. late bloomer: Dictionary.com
  8. Late bloomer (disambiguation), Late bloomer, The Late Bloomer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. late bloomer: Idioms

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  1. Late Bloomer: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (late bloomer)

noun:  (figurative) A person who reaches puberty or who matures comparatively later than is typical.
noun:  (figurative) A person who enters a romantic relationship or engages in sexual intercourse significantly later in life.
noun:  (figurative) A person who achieves proficiency or success in a field significantly later in life.
noun:  (literally, horticulture) A flowering plant that blooms later in a growing season than other flowering plants.

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