[
US
/ˈbɫɑsəm/
]
[ UK /blˈɒsəm/ ]
[ UK /blˈɒsəm/ ]
NOUN
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
VERB
-
produce or yield flowers
The cherry tree bloomed -
develop or come to a promising stage
Youth blossomed into maturity
How To Use blossom In A Sentence
- There are drifts of feverfew, clouds of philadelphus, grasses whispering in the breeze, and everywhere the perfume of 1,000 blossoms keeping the countryside alive in the heart of London.
- Fragrant blossoms like plumeria and gardenia are especially nice.
- It was purfled about the rim of the soundbox with trapezia of shimmering mother-of-pearl, and it had a black strikeplate in the shape of a clematis flower, inlaid with multicoloured blossoms that were purely the result of an exuberant craftsman's imagination. Captain Corelli's Mandolin
- Other new ingredients were Agretti, corky-fruited water dropwort, bilwa or Belfruit, and squash blossoms. Weekend Herb Blogging Year In Review: Weeks 21-30, and a Recipe
- Its popularity in 1948 with both schoolchildren and adults saw the Blossom Street picture house bursting at the seams during matinees and evening performances for weeks on end.
- What began as a university course blossomed into the experience of a lifetime.
- Hayes, now a professor of film in New England, blossomed under the master's tutelage, producing crisp, witty dialogue, and for a while the two were close.
- We should so live and labor in our time that what came to us as seed may go to the next generation as blossom, and what came to us as blossom may go to them as fruit. This is what we mean by progress.
- We just planted a blossom tree. Times, Sunday Times
- Their blossoms encompass nearly the entire color spectrum and blooming times range from early spring to fall, depending on the variety.