blossom Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
    flower; bloom.
  2. noun the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
    prime; flower; efflorescence; peak; flush; bloom; heyday.
  3. verb produce or yield flowers
    flower; bloom.
    • The cherry tree bloomed
  4. verb develop or come to a promising stage
    unfold; blossom out; blossom forth.
    • Youth blossomed into maturity

WordNet

Blos"som noun
Etymology
OE. blosme, blostme, AS. blsma, blstma, 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.
Definitions
  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. ✍ 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.
Blos"som intransitive verb
Etymology
AS. blstmian. See Blossom, n.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Blossomed present participle & verbal noun Blossoming
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913