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English Dictionary: blossom by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blossom
n
  1. reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
    Synonym(s): flower, bloom, blossom
  2. the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
    Synonym(s): flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush
v
  1. produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed" [syn: bloom, blossom, flower]
  2. develop or come to a promising stage; "Youth blossomed into maturity"
    Synonym(s): blossom, blossom out, blossom forth, unfold
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Blossom \Blos"som\ (bl[ocr]s"s[ucr]m), n. [OE. blosme, blostme,
      AS. bl[omac]sma, bl[omac]stma, blossom; akin to D. bloesem,
      L. fios, and E. flower; from the root of E. blow to blossom.
      See {Blow} to blossom, and cf. {Bloom} a blossom.]
      1. The flower of a plant, or the essential organs of
            reproduction, with their appendages; florescence; bloom;
            the flowers of a plant, collectively; as, the blossoms and
            fruit of a tree; an apple tree in blossom.
  
      Note: The term has been applied by some botanists, and is
               also applied in common usage, to the corolla. It is
               more commonly used than flower or bloom, when we have
               reference to the fruit which is to succeed. Thus we use
               flowers when we speak of plants cultivated for
               ornament, and bloom in a more general sense, as of
               flowers in general, or in reference to the beauty of
               flowers.
  
                        Blossoms flaunting in the eye of day.
                                                                              --Longfellow.
  
      2. A blooming period or stage of development; something
            lovely that gives rich promise.
  
                     In the blossom of my youth.               --Massinger.
  
      3. The color of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with
            sorrel and bay hairs; -- otherwise called peach color.
  
      {In blossom}, having the blossoms open; in bloom.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Blossom \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.
  
                     The moving whisper of huge trees that branched And
                     blossomed.                                          --Tennyson.
  
      2. To flourish and prosper.
  
                     Israel shall blossom and bud, and full the face of
                     the world with fruit.                        --Isa. xxvii.
                                                                              6.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Blossom, TX (city, FIPS 8812)
      Location: 33.66199 N, 95.38223 W
      Population (1990): 1440 (568 housing units)
      Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 75416
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