Definition of blossom

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Blossom (n.) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.

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Full-bloomed :: Full-bloomed (a.) Like a perfect blossom.
Florulent :: Florulent (a.) Flowery; blossoming.
May :: May (n.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn..
Double :: Double (a.) Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally double..
Zinnia :: Zinnia (n.) Any plant of the composite genus Zinnia, Mexican herbs with opposite leaves and large gay-colored blossoms. Zinnia elegans is the commonest species in cultivation..
Cowslip :: Cowslip (n.) A common flower in England (Primula veris) having yellow blossoms and appearing in early spring. It is often cultivated in the United States.
Henna :: Henna (n.) A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia (L. alba). The fragrant white blossoms are used by the Buddhists in religious ceremonies. The powdered leaves furnish a red coloring matter used in the East to stain the hails and fingers, the manes of horses, etc..
Gloxinia :: Gloxinia (n.) American genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome bell-shaped blossoms; -- named after B. P. Gloxin, a German botanist..
Hypocraterimorphous :: Hypocraterimorphous (a.) Salver-shaped; having a slender tube, expanding suddenly above into a bowl-shaped or spreading border, as in the blossom of the phlox and the lilac..
Flowering :: Flowering (n.) The act of blossoming, or the season when plants blossom; florification..
Water Star Grass :: Water star grass () An aquatic plant (Schollera graminea) with grassy leaves, and yellow star-shaped blossoms..
Calendula :: Calendula (n.) A genus of composite herbaceous plants. One species, Calendula officinalis, is the common marigold, and was supposed to blossom on the calends of every month, whence the name..
Liliaceous :: Liliaceous (a.) Like the blossom of a lily in general form.
Nectariferous :: Nectariferous (a.) Secreting nectar; -- said of blossoms or their parts.
Flamboyer :: Flamboyer (n.) A name given in the East and West Indies to certain trees with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Caesalpinia..
Orthogamy :: Orthogamy (n.) Direct fertilization in plants, as when the pollen fertilizing the ovules comes from the stamens of the same blossom; -- opposed to heterogamy..
Blosmy :: Blosmy (a.) Blossomy.
Rosedrop :: Rosedrop (n.) A ruddy eruption upon the nose caused by drinking ardent spirits; a grog blossom.
Effloresce :: Effloresce (v. i.) To blossom forth.
Blast :: Blast (v. i.) To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the blossom..
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