blossom
noun
[ ˈblɒs(ə)m ]
• a flower or a mass of flowers, especially on a tree or bush.
• "tiny white blossoms"
blossom
verb
• (of a tree or bush) produce flowers or masses of flowers.
• "a garden in which roses blossom"
Similar:
flower,
bloom,
floweret,
blossoming,
inflorescence,
florescence,
efflorescence,
be in flower,
come into flower/blossom,
open (out),
burgeon,
bud,
sprout,
mature,
burst forth,
unfold,
in flower,
flowering,
blooming,
in (full) bloom,
open,
out,
Origin:
Old English blōstm, blōstma (noun), blōstmian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bloesem, also to bloom1.
