blossom (noun)
1blossom — ► NOUN 1) a flower or a mass of flowers on a tree or bush. 2) the state or period of flowering. ► VERB 1) (of a tree or bush) produce blossom. 2) develop in a promising or healthy way. ORIGIN Old English, related to BLOOM(Cf. ↑ …
2blossom — n flower, bloom, blow (see under BLOSSOM vb) blossom vb Blossom, bloom, flower, blow are comparable as verbs when meaning to become florescent and as nouns when meaning the period or state of florescence or (except for blow) meaning the… …
3blossom-end rot — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : any fruit rot originating at the blossom end 2. : a common physiological disease of the tomato attributed to great fluctuation in available moisture and characterized by slightly sunken leathery areas around the tip end… …
4blossom — noun a flower or a mass of flowers on a tree or bush. ↘the state or period of flowering. verb 1》 (of a tree or bush) produce blossom. 2》 mature or develop in a promising or healthy way. Derivatives blossomy adjective Origin OE blōstm, blōstma… …
5blossom bud — noun : flower bud; especially : a flower bud of a fruit tree that is formed during one growing season but develops during the next …
6blossom-headed parakeet — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : a common parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala) of India and southeast Asia, having a green back, a greenish yellow breast, and a red head with bluish iridescence …
7blossom pink — noun : a moderate pink that is yellower and deeper than arbutus pink, bluer and stronger than chalk pink, and bluer and deeper than hydrangea pink called also cherry pink …
8blossom — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ beautiful, lovely ▪ pale, pink, white ▪ a tree with pale pink blossoms ▪ apple …
9blossom — I UK [ˈblɒs(ə)m] / US [ˈblɑsəm] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms blossom : singular blossom plural blossoms a flower on a tree, or all the flowers on a tree apple blossom in blossom (= covered with flowers): By March, the cherry trees are… …
10blossom — blos|som1 [ blasəm ] noun count or uncount a flower on a tree, or all the flowers on a tree: apple blossom in blossom (=covered with flowers): By March, the cherry trees are in blossom. blossom blos|som 2 [ blasəm ] verb intransitive 1. ) if a… …