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.

A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.

To put forth blossoms or flowers; to bloom; to blow; to flower.

n. (ME. blossome, a flower) a flower or bloom, esp. of a fruit bearing plant. A state or time of flowering, literally, and figuratively.

A pretty or colourful effect likened to a flower, or an effect that opens up and expands, like a flower blossoming.

produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed"

a flower that grows on a tree and is the beginning of the fruit