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blossom

blos·som

UK/ˈblɒs.əm/ US/ˈblɒs.m̩/ fairly common
noun (2) verb (2)

noun

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verb

1.

produce or yield flowers

  • “The cherry tree bloomed”
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2.

develop or come to a promising stage

  • “Youth blossomed into maturity”
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Origin

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).

Phrases

  • apple blossom
  • apple blossom weevil
  • blossom forth
  • blossom out
  • blossom-end rot
  • blue blossom
  • cherry blossom
  • cherry blossom front
  • crash blossom

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