blossom
IPA: bɫˈɑsʌm
noun
- A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.
- The state or season of producing such flowers.
- (figurative) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.
- The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs.
- A hamlet in New York.
- A city in Texas.
- (rare) A female given name
verb
- (intransitive) To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom.
- (intransitive) To begin to thrive or flourish.
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Examples of "blossom" in Sentences
- The blossom is splendid in the month of may.
- Cherry blossoms are the reason for the season.
- The blossoms are odorless to faintly fragrant.
- The flower is usually known as the plum blossom.
- Its blossom is the national flower of this country.
- The national flower for the Republic of China is the Plum Blossom.
- The flowers of the order are the crimson rose and the magnolia blossom.
- The cold climate makes for the flowering and shape of the blossom desired.
- The female flower is a golden blossom on the end of each emergent zucchini.
- The orange blossom was selected as the state flower by the 1909 legislature.
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