About The Word Blossom
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What's The Definition Of Blossom?
[n] reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
[n] the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [v] develop or come to a promising stage; "Youth blossomed into maturity" [v] produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed" Synonyms | Synonyms for Blossom: bloom | bloom | bloom | blossom forth | blossom out | efflorescence | flower | flower | flower | flush | heyday | peak | prime | unfold Related Terms | Find terms related to Blossom: advance | anthesis | batten | be in bloom | be in flower | bear fruit | bloom | blooming | blossoming | blow | blowing | blush | boom | brew | bring to maturity | bud | burgeon | burst into bloom | capitulum | come to fruition | corymb | cyme | develop | effloresce | efflorescence | evolute | evolve | fatten | floreate | florescence | floret | floriculture | floscule | flourish | flower | flowerage | floweret | flowering | flush | full bloom | gardening | gather | germinate | glow | grow | grow fat | grow up | horticulture | hortorium | hypertrophy | increase | inflorescence | leaf | maturate | mature | mellow | mushroom | open | outgrow | overdevelop | overgrow | overtop | panicle | posy | procreate | progress | pullulate | raceme | reach its season | reach maturity | reproduce | ripe | ripen | shoot | shoot up | spike | spring up | sprout | sprout up | thrive | tower | umbel | unfold | unfolding | unfoldment | upshoot | upspear | upspring | upsprout | vegetate | wax | wildflower See Also | angiosperm | apetalous flower | bud | burst forth | carpel | chrysanthemum | develop | effloresce | floral envelope | floral leaf | floret | flowering plant | gynoecium | inflorescence | ovary | perianth | period | period of time | pistil | ray floret | ray flower | reproductive structure | stamen | time period Blossom In Webster's Dictionary \Blos"som\ (bl[o^]s"s[u^]m), n. [OE. blosme, blostme,
AS. bl[=o]sma, bl[=o]stma, blossom; akin to D. bloesem, L.
fios, and E. flower; from the root of E. blow to blossom. See
{Blow} to blossom, and cf. {Bloom} a blossom.]
1. The flower of a plant, or the essential organs of
reproduction, with their appendages; florescence; bloom;
the flowers of a plant, collectively; as, the blossoms and
fruit of a tree; an apple tree in blossom.
Note: The term has been applied by some botanists, and is
also applied in common usage, to the corolla. It is
more commonly used than flower or bloom, when we have
reference to the fruit which is to succeed. Thus we use
flowers when we speak of plants cultivated for
ornament, and bloom in a more general sense, as of
flowers in general, or in reference to the beauty of
flowers.
Blossoms flaunting in the eye of day.
--Longfellow.
2. A blooming period or stage of development; something
lovely that gives rich promise.
In the blossom of my youth. --Massinger.
3. The color of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with
sorrel and bay hairs; -- otherwise called peach color.
{In blossom}, having the blossoms open; in bloom.
\Blos"som\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blossomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blossoming}.] [AS. bl?stmian. See {Blossom}, n.] 1. To put forth blossoms or flowers; to bloom; to blow; to flower. The moving whisper of huge trees that branched And blossomed. --Tennyson. 2. To flourish and prosper. Israel shall blossom and bud, and full the face of the world with fruit. --Isa. xxvii. 6. |
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