Word Finder - blossom

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A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; a mass of such flowers.

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The blossom has come early this year.

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The state or season of producing such flowers.

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The orchard is in blossom.

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

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The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs.

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To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom.

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To begin to thrive or flourish.

On the spurs thus formed blossom buds will be developed early in the following season.

Cynthia buttered her toast while Dean dribbled orange blossom honey on three leftover rolls from last night's supper.

In April the snow is melting from the branches; spring comes in May; spring flowers are in blossom, and grain is sown.

I have felt a bud "shyly doff her green hood and blossom with a silken burst of sound," while the icy fingers of the snow beat against the window-panes.

In Great Britain the beetle, after completing its development, winters in the seed, waiting to emerge and lay its eggs on the blossom in the ensuing spring.

Might not the basket, stable-broom, mat-making, corn-parching, linen-spinning, and pottery business have thrived here, making the wilderness to blossom like the rose, and a numerous posterity have inherited the land of their fathers?

I had often since seen its crumpled red velvety blossom supported by the stems of other plants without knowing it to be the same.

Come back in April or May to see the spectacular apple blossom.

By applying these early in the season, great benefit may be derived from retarding the blossom till the frosty nights of spring have passed.

So Themis became the mother of the seasons; the regular sequence of blossom and fruit was her work; and Good Order, Justice and Peace were her offspring.'

Everything was in blossom, the nightingales trilled, and their voices reverberated now near, now far away.

Staines, and the "Tagus," Captain Pipon, in 1817; and by the exploring ship "Blossom" in 1825.

All these treesthe plum, the cherry and the peachbear no fruit worthy of the name, nor do they excel their Occidental representatives in wealth of blossom, but the admiring affection they inspire in Japan is unique.

His books also have had large circulations; among them are The Almond Tree in Blossom (1870); Every Day Religion (1875); The Brooklyn Tabernacle (1884); From Manger to Throne (1895); and The Pathway of Life (1895).

Thus in the case of neroli oil the petals of orange blossom are loosely spread on trays covered with purified lard or with fine olive oil.

They crushed a civilization already hard hit; and it took two or three centuries for the artistic spirit, instinct in the Aegean area, and probably preserved in suspended animation by the survival of Aegean racial elements, to blossom anew.

In actual wealth of blossom or dimensions of forest trees the Japanese islands cannot claim any special distinction.

For romance to blossom, it will take some focused investment.

Protect those coming into blossom.

Favored summer nectar sources include hemp agrimony, bramble, marjoram and ivy blossom.

I'm the first bright blossom you'll see in the spring, The first warm raindrop that April will bring.

Meanwhile, Captain Beechey visited the islands in the "Blossom," assigned names to some of them, and published a description of their features.

When a shoot promises blossom, it is generally at some distance from the point of insertion into the old wood, and the intermediate space is covered with wood buds.

This of course does not apply to shrubs which blossom at their seasons and fall always into the general scheme of the landscape.

The flowers come in June and July and are white with a lovely orange blossom fragrance.

They were always supposed to nest on some pretty fruit tree branch festooned with blossom.

The time came for you to blossom in your branches, I salute you!

And when Blossom appeared before President Lincoln, Poor child, she was looking very woebegone.

She holds the sacred scripture in one hand (representing jnana yoga) and a lotus blossom in the other.

The term can refer to a ring in the shape of a flower, but it can also be a reference to an engagement ring marketed by the once-famous Orange Blossom Jewelers.

Floral jewelry has been around since pre-historic times, but it was the Victorians who popularized the blossom engagement ring.

Starting in the early 1900s, the Orange Blossom Jewelry Company produced beautiful engagement rings.

Despite the destruction of the molds, some Orange Blossom jewelry is still in production in Canada.

What is really great, though about this film is that we are finally getting to see the now teenage actors who started as children really start to blossom.

With this focus on renewal, Joanna appropriately chose the cherry blossom to epitomize her new business and its philosophy.

She explains that, in Japan, the cherry blossom is a metaphor for life, making it a perfect symbol for her endeavor and her attitude toward healthy, beautiful skin.

It contains fresh mango cells, Arbonne's FC5 Moisture Fresh Complex made of cucumber, birch leaf, watercress, clover blossom, and St. John's wort, sunflower seed oil, pomegranate extract, and carrot extract.

Some of the roots and branches were examined by Captain Samuel Turner during his journey to Tibet; but the plant being neither in blossom nor bearing fruit, it was impossible to decide whether it was the true cinnamon or an inferior kind of cassia.

The principal fodder crops are green barley and a tall clover called " sulla " (Hedysarum coronarum), having a beautiful purple blossom.

These will blossom in due course, and, after being ripened thoroughly by full exposure to the sun, should be cut back as shown at b.

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When plum trees blossom in December it is a " sure sign of death.

Winter rental in Mallorca Spring in Majorca is early and the almond blossom is usually in full bloom by the end of January.

I drew this hawthorn blossom at Barbara's mom's.

The ivy blossom did not really open fully until October.

Susceptibility of pistachio male cultivars to botrytis blossom blight and shoot blight caused by botrytis blossom blight and shoot blight caused by Botrytis cinerea.

A blousy pink blossom tree crowns a scene abundant with produce and flowers, painted with light, loose brushwork.

Below the apple blossom the garden is full of tulips in several shades and electric blue corydalis.

The recent abundance of results from such observations has made the subject of particle cosmology blossom.

Charlotte Bronte extolled the " blossom blanched orchard trees whose boughs droop like white garlands " while Jane Austen praised the bountiful apple tree.