The meaning of Blossom

noun

A flower, especially one cultivated for its beauty.

Usage examples:

An exotic bloom

verb

Produce flowers; be in flower.

Usage examples:

A chalk pit where cowslips bloomed

verb

Make (iron, steel, etc.) into a bloom.

Usage examples:

A steel slab comprising the above constituents is produced by preparing the steel in a converter fo…

adjective

(of a tree or bush) producing flowers or masses of flowers.

Usage examples:

Blossoming magnolia

noun

Promising or healthy development.

Usage examples:

The blossoming of experimental theatre

verb

(of a tree or bush) produce flowers or masses of flowers.

Usage examples:

A garden in which roses blossom

noun

A compact growth on a plant that develops into a leaf, flower, or shoot.

Usage examples:

Flower meristem, flower buds, and leaves from green and 2 d-etiolated plants were analysed for atp …

verb

(of a plant or animal) form a bud.

Usage examples:

New blood vessels bud out from the vascular bed

noun

A friendly form of address from one boy or man to another.

Usage examples:

I'll tell you what, bud

verb

Begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish.

Usage examples:

The city's suburbs have burgeoned, sprawling out from the centre

noun

A bud or young shoot.

verb

To develop or grow quickly

Usage examples:

Product placement has burgeoned to the extent that corporate logos are now found in most mainstream…

idiom

Be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise

noun

The formation of a powdery deposit on the surface of brickwork, rock, or other material as a result of loss of moisture on exposure to air.

Usage examples:

Cover the brickwork to minimize efflorescence

noun

Rapid growth or development.

Usage examples:

The state is enjoying an incomparable cultural efflorescence

noun

The period when flowers start to appear on a plant

noun

The process of flowering.

Usage examples:

The hieracia are erect throughout the process of florescence

noun

The seed-bearing part of a plant, consisting of reproductive organs (stamens and carpels) that are typically surrounded by a brightly coloured corolla (petals) and a green calyx (sepals).

Usage examples:

The pistil and the stamen of the flowers are the specialized organs responsible for the reproductiv…

verb

(of a plant) produce flowers; bloom.

Usage examples:

Michaelmas daisies can flower as late as october

noun

The part of a plant that produces seeds, is often brightly colored, and sometimes has a pleasant smell, or a plant that produces this part

Usage examples:

Our shrubs flower in late summer.

noun

A floret, especially of cauliflower or broccoli.

Usage examples:

With its chartreuse color and pineconeshaped flowerets, this is the most exotic-looking of the broc…

adjective

(of a plant) in bloom.

Usage examples:

A window box of flowering geraniums

noun

The action of producing flowers.

Usage examples:

The clematis can be grown to coincide with the flowering of the roses

verb

(of a plant) produce flowers; bloom.

Usage examples:

Michaelmas daisies can flower as late as october

noun

The complete flower head of a plant including stems, stalks, bracts, and flowers.

Usage examples:

Flowers are generally borne solitarily in leaf axils or in inflorescences subtended by bracts, but …

noun

In a plant, a flower or group of flowers on the stem, or the way they are arranged

adjective

Fully developed physically; full-grown.

Usage examples:

She was now a mature woman

verb

(of a person or thing) become fully grown or developed.

Usage examples:

Children mature at different ages

verb

To become completely grown

Usage examples:

Humans take longer to mature than most other animals., [ i ] when you are the oldest child of a lar…

verb

(of a plant) put out shoots.

Usage examples:

The weeds begin to sprout

noun

A shoot of a plant.

Usage examples:

The flower pots are full of green sprouts

verb

To begin to grow, or to produce new growth

Usage examples:

[ i ] our new seedlings have begun to sprout., a bean sprout

verb

Open or spread out from a folded position.

Usage examples:

He unfolded the map and laid it out on the table

verb

Extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length

verb

(of a situation or story) to develop or become clear

Usage examples:

Events unfolded in a way that no one could have predicted., she took the old wedding dress out and …