Springtime is the season when plants begin to grow again. In springtime, the springtime air, early springtime.
It is a warmer and more literary word than spring alone, and it belongs to songs and to poems. What triggers the growth is day length rather than temperature for many plants, which is why they come up on schedule after a warm winter.
1nounspringtimeThe season when plants begin to grow again.
“In springtime the orchard is white with blossom.”
springtime is a season.
Spring plus time. Spring is named from plants springing up, and the season took the name in the sixteenth century.
From spring + time.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA