Definitions for blossom
ˈblɒs əmblos·som

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. flower, bloom, blossom(noun)

   reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts

2. flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush(verb)

   the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

3. bloom, blossom, flower(verb)

   produce or yield flowers

   "The cherry tree bloomed"

4. blossom, blossom out, blossom forth, unfold(verb)

   develop or come to a promising stage

   "Youth blossomed into maturity"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. blossom(Noun)

   A flower, especially indicative of fruit as seen on a fruit tree etc.; taken collectively as the mass of such flowers.

   The blossom has come early this year.

   Etymology: Middle English blosme, from Old English blōstm, blōstma, from blōstama (compare West Frisian blossem, Dutch bloesem), enlargement of (compare German Blust), from bʰleh₃-s- ‘bloom, flower’ (compare Latin flos ‘flower’, Flora ‘goddess of plants’, Albanian bleron ), from bʰel- ‘to thrive, bloom’. More at blow.

2. blossom(Noun)

   The state or season of producing such flowers.

   The orchard is in blossom.

   Etymology: Middle English blosme, from Old English blōstm, blōstma, from blōstama (compare West Frisian blossem, Dutch bloesem), enlargement of (compare German Blust), from bʰleh₃-s- ‘bloom, flower’ (compare Latin flos ‘flower’, Flora ‘goddess of plants’, Albanian bleron ), from bʰel- ‘to thrive, bloom’. More at blow.

3. blossom(Verb)

   To have or open into blossoms; to bloom.

   Etymology: Middle English blosme, from Old English blōstm, blōstma, from blōstama (compare West Frisian blossem, Dutch bloesem), enlargement of (compare German Blust), from bʰleh₃-s- ‘bloom, flower’ (compare Latin flos ‘flower’, Flora ‘goddess of plants’, Albanian bleron ), from bʰel- ‘to thrive, bloom’. More at blow.

4. blossom(Verb)

   To begin to thrive or flourish.

   Etymology: Middle English blosme, from Old English blōstm, blōstma, from blōstama (compare West Frisian blossem, Dutch bloesem), enlargement of (compare German Blust), from bʰleh₃-s- ‘bloom, flower’ (compare Latin flos ‘flower’, Flora ‘goddess of plants’, Albanian bleron ), from bʰel- ‘to thrive, bloom’. More at blow.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Blossom(noun)

   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. Blossom(noun)

   a blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise

3. Blossom(noun)

   the color of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs; -- otherwise called peach color

4. Blossom(noun)

   to put forth blossoms or flowers; to bloom; to blow; to flower

5. Blossom(noun)

   to flourish and prosper

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Blossom

   In botany, blossom is a term given to the flowers of stone fruit trees and of some other plants with a similar appearance that flower profusely for a period of time in spring. Colloquially flowers of orange are referred to as such as well. Blossoms are either pink or white depending on the species or variety. Peach blossoms, most cherry blossoms, and some almond blossoms are usually pink. Plum blossoms, apple blossoms, orange blossoms, some cherry blossoms, and most almond blossoms are white. Blossoms provide pollen to pollinators such as bees, and initiate cross-pollination necessary for the trees to reproduce by producing fruit. Blossom trees have a tendency to lose their flower petals in wind-blown cascades, often covering the surrounding ground in petals. This attribute tends to distinguish blossom trees from other flowering trees.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Blossom

   blos′om, n. a flower-bud, the flower that precedes fruit.—v.i. to put forth blossoms or flowers: to flourish and prosper.—n. Bloss′oming.—adj. Bloss′omy, covered with flowers, flowery. [A.S. blóstm, blóstma, from root of Bloom.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of blossom in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of blossom in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of blossom in a Sentence

1. Sidney Madwed:

   The finest gift you can give anyone is encouragement. Yet, almost no one gets the encouragement they need to grow to their full potential. If everyone received the encouragement they need to grow, the genius in most everyone would blossom and the world would produce abundance beyond the wildest dreams. We would have more than one Einstein, Edison, Schweitzer, Mother Theresa, Dr. Salk and other great minds in a century.

2. Frances Watkins Harper:

   Apparent failure may hold in its rough shell the germs of a success that will blossom in time, and bear fruit throughout eternity.

3. Anais Nin:

   And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

4. Sidney Madwed:

   The finest gift you can give anyone is encoragement. Yet, almost no one gets the encouragement they need to grow to their full potential. If everyone received the encouragement they need to grow, the genius in most everyone would blossom and the world would produce abundance beyond the wildest dreams. We would have more than one Einstein, Edison, Schweitzer, Mother Theresa, Dr. Salk and other great minds in a century.

5. Ehsan Sehgal:

   Never be the enemy; even one has reasons for that, never hate and harm others, one will be glad, safe and satisfied. Each one of us lives, in society and society lives in each one of us. Be as perfume, as a blossom, and be a path of harmony, love, friendship, justice, integration, and tolerance. Just fight own criminal and negative thoughts, one will perceive and feel the world is not less than a paradise.

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