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blossom

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blossom
—blossomless, adj. —blossomy, adj.
/blos"euhm/, n. Bot.
1. the flower of a plant, esp. of one producing an edible fruit.
2. the state of flowering: The apple tree is in blossom.
v.i.
3. Bot. to produce or yield blossoms.
4. to flourish; develop (often fol. by into or out): a writer of commercial jingles who blossomed out into an important composer.
5. (of a parachute) to open.
[bef. 900; (n.) ME blosme, blossem, OE blostm(a), blosma flower; c. MD bloesem, MLG blosem, blossem; (v.) ME blosmen, OE blostmian, deriv. of the n. See BLOOM1, BLOW3]
Syn. 4. thrive, bloom, burgeon, sprout.

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