blossom bud
1blossom bud — noun : flower bud; especially : a flower bud of a fruit tree that is formed during one growing season but develops during the next …
2Bud — Bud, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Budded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Budding}.] 1. To put forth or produce buds, as a plant; to grow, as a bud does, into a flower or shoot. [1913 Webster] 2. To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a… …
3Blossom — Blos som, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blossomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blossoming}.] [AS. bl?stmian. See {Blossom}, n.] 1. To put forth blossoms or flowers; to bloom; to blow; to flower. [1913 Webster] The moving whisper of huge trees that branched And… …
4blossom — [n] flower bloom, bud, efflorescence, floret, floweret, inflorescence, posy, spike; concept 425 blossom [v1] flower bloom, blow, burgeon, burst, effloresce, leaf, open, outbloom, shoot, unfold; concept 427 Ant. fade, shrink, shrivel, wither… …
5bud — [n] new sprout on plant bloom, blossom, embryo, floret, germ, incipient flower, nucleus, shoot, spark; concept 428 bud [v] sprout burgeon, burst forth, develop, grow, pullulate, shoot; concept 427 Ant. die, shrink, waste, wither …
6blossom — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. flower, bloom; develop, flourish. See vegetable, prosperity. Ant., fade. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bloom, flower, floweret, bud; see flower 1 . v. Syn. flower, blow, burst into blossom; see bloom . III… …
7bud — n 1. sprout, burgeon, shoot, blade; stem, twig, spray, sprig; floweret, floret. v 2. bud, sprout, begin to grow, germinate, pullulate, send out shoots, put forth; bloom, blossom, open, flower, bear fruit, fructify; spring up, burst forth, shoot… …
8bud — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. sprout, shoot; germinate; burgeon; mature. See beginning, expansion. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. shoot, incipient flower, germ, embryo; see flower 1 . • nip in the bud, Syn. check, halt, stop; see halt …
9bud — 1. noun fresh buds Syn: sprout, shoot, blossom; Botany plumule 2. verb trees began to bud Syn: sprout, shoot, germinate …
10blossom — Synonyms and related words: advance, anthesis, batten, be in bloom, be in flower, bear fruit, bloom, blooming, blossoming, blow, blowing, blush, boom, brew, bring to maturity, bud, burgeon, burst into bloom, capitulum, come to fruition, corymb,… …
