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Definition of Blossom
1. Verb. Produce or yield flowers. "The cherry tree bloomed"
Generic synonyms: Develop
Specialized synonyms: Burst Forth, Effloresce
Derivative terms: Bloom, Bloom, Bloomer, Flower, Flower, Flowering
2. Noun. Reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts.
Group relationships: Angiosperm, Flowering Plant
Specialized synonyms: Floret, Floweret, Apetalous Flower, Inflorescence, Ray Floret, Ray Flower, Bud, Chrysanthemum
Terms within: Stamen, Pistil, Carpel, Ovary, Floral Leaf, Chlamys, Floral Envelope, Perianth, Perigone, Perigonium
Generic synonyms: Reproductive Structure
Derivative terms: Bloom, Flower
3. Verb. Develop or come to a promising stage. "Youth blossomed into maturity"
Generic synonyms: Develop
Derivative terms: Unfolding
4. Noun. The period of greatest prosperity or productivity.
Generic synonyms: Period, Period Of Time, Time Period
Specialized synonyms: Golden Age
Derivative terms: Flush
Definition of Blossom
1. n. 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.
2. v. i. To put forth blossoms or flowers; to bloom; to blow; to flower.
Definition of Blossom
1. Noun. A flower, especially indicative of fruit as seen on a fruit tree etc.; taken collectively as the mass of such flowers. ¹
2. Noun. The state or season of producing such flowers. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To have or open into blossoms; to bloom. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) To begin to thrive or flourish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blossom
1. to bloom [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: bloom
Medical Definition of Blossom
1. A flower or bloom, especially. Of a fruit bearing plant. A state or time of flowering, literally, and figuratively. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blossom
Literary usage of Blossom
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"Peach in blossom. Falmouth (A)—The growth of vegetation generally retarded by
the wet ... Never a finer show of apple, pear, plum, and gooseberry blossom. ..."
2. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"S. Lady Mary Ann. 0 spare the dear blossom, ye orient breezes, S. How pleasant
the banks t My blossom sweet did blow, . . S. Luckless Fortune. ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1831)
"To prevent the consequences of such an event, the blossom, of 26 guns, was fitted
out, ... The blossom weighed from Spithead, and proceeded to Rio Janeiro, ..."
4. The Cyclopædia of Practical Quotations: English and Latin, with an Appendix ...by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward (1882)
"443 magic on blossom ... 373 treos are in the blossom q 373 under the snow-drift
the b'e * 378 daisy ..."
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