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Added 9 October 2026

blossom

/ˈblɒs.əm/ noun

In Latin: flōs Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about blossom at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; a mass of such flowers.
The blossom has come early this year.
The state or season of producing such flowers.
The orchard is in blossom.
A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.

verb

To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom.
To begin to thrive or flourish.

Origin

From Middle English blosme, from Old English blostm, blostma, from Proto-Germanic *blōstmô (compare West Frisian blossem, Dutch bloesem; related to *blōstaz [compare German Blust]), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-s- (“bloom, flower”), from *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, to thrive”). Cognate with Albanian bleron (“to blossom, to thrive”), Latin flōs (“flower”), Flōra (“goddess of plants”). See more at blow (etymology 4).

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