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Watch This Word Come To Life: Blossom
Roxane Gay selected "blossom" as our Word of the Day. And, this video helps illustrate why it's such an engaging word.
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What does blossom mean?
In botany, a blossom is the flower of a plant, normally in its early stages and often referring to a flower that becomes edible fruit, such as apple and cherry blossoms.
In botanical terms, a blossom is a flower that is attached to an edible fruit, such as a tomato blossom, or plant that is known for a product that is not the flower, like a cactus.
Blossom also refers to the state of flowering, as in Washington, DC, looks lovely when all the cherry trees are in blossom.
To blossom means to produce blossoms. When a plant is blossoming, it has produced flower buds that are in the process of producing petals and opening.
Figuratively, to blossom means to flourish or to begin to succeed or develop. If someone tells you that you are blossoming into a good student, they mean you are getting better at your schoolwork or completing your schoolwork.
Example: The cherry blossoms unfolding are always the best part of April.
Where does blossom come from?
The first records of the term blossom come from before the 900s. It ultimately comes from the Old English blōstma, meaning “flower.”
Blossoming can refer to anything that opens up similarly to how a flower unfolds. For example, parachutes are said to blossom, especially those that are wide or circular with folds that blossom like a flower as they rise into the sky. Butterflies are often said to blossom out of their cocoons and unfold their wings as a flower would blossom from a bud and unfold its petals.
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What are some other forms related to blossom?
- blossomless (adjective)
- blossomy (adjective)
- outblossom (verb)
- reblossom (verb)
- unblossomed (adjective)
What are some synonyms for blossom?
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What are some words that often get used in discussing blossom?
How is blossom used in real life?
Blossom is most often used when referring to part of a flowering plant but is also used to refer to figurative blossoming.
"and the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom"
— camila (@Camila_Cabello) December 24, 2015
The day you stop letting others tell you who you are is the day you will truly blossom
— J (@JVCKJ) March 29, 2017
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Which of the following is NOT a synonym for blossom?
A. bloom
B. burgeon
C. unfold
D. shrink