blossom

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A flower or mass of flowers, especially on a fruit tree.

   The apple blossom appears in early spring.

2. 2
   verb

   To produce flowers; to come into flower.

   The trees blossom beautifully along the river each year.

3. 3
   verb

   To develop and grow into something successful or attractive.

   She has blossomed into a confident young woman.

4. 4
   noun

   The state or season of having flowers open.

   The orchard is in blossom and smells wonderful.

Common collocations

• blossom forth Verb + adverb

From Middle English blosme, from Old English blostm, blostma, from Proto-Germanic *blōstmô (compare West Frisian blossem, Dutch bloesem; related to *blōstaz [compare German Blust]), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-s- (“bloom, flower”), from *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, to thrive”). Cognate with Albanian bleron (“to blossom, to thrive”), Latin flōs (“flower”), Flōra (“goddess of plants”). See more at blow (etymology 4).

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