'Full-blown' definitions:

Definition of 'full-blown'

adjective

Fully ripe; at the height of bloom; "a full-blown rose" [syn: full-blown, matured]

adjective

Having or displaying all the characteristics necessary for completeness; "a full-blown financial crisis"

From: GCIDE

Full-blown \Full"-blown`\, a.
1. Fully expanded, as a blossom; completely developed; as, a full-blown rose. --Denham. [1913 Webster]
2. Fully distended with wind, as a sail. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
3. Hence: Of full intensity; as, the recession developed into full-blown depression; a full-blown international crisis. [PJC]