late bloomers

Noun

late bloomer (plural late bloomers)

1. (figuratively) 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.2003, Kathy McCoy, Charles Wibbelsman, Growing and Changing, Penguin, →ISBN, page 14
2. (figuratively) A person who enters a romantic relationship or engages in sexual intercourse significantly later in life.
3. (figuratively) 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.2010 August 16, Grant Rosenberg, “Jean Reno: Putting the Fun in French Cinema”, in Time, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2011
4. (literally) A flowering plant that blooms later in a growing season than other flowering plants.
   • The great snows that come at the beginning of winter, before there is yet any snow except the perpetual high banks, are best worth while to watch. These come often before the late bloomers are gone and while the migratory birds are still in the piney woods.1903, Mary Austin, The Land of Little Rain