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# blossom

«blossom» in Mova's school dictionary: **the flowers on a fruit tree or bush, such as apple…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a blossom, blossoms; blossom, uncountable); verb (blossom, blossoms, blossomed, blossoming)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Blossom is the flowers on a fruit tree or bush, such as apple, cherry or plum, in spring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blossom/#m1)

2) A blossom is one of those flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blossom/#m2)

3) To blossom is to produce flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blossom/#m3)

4) (figurative) To blossom is to grow and develop well, becoming happier, more confident or more successful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blossom/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons blossom is the flower stage of a fruit tree's life cycle; after bees pollinate the blossom, fruit grows. In Japan, people celebrate cherry blossom (sakura) with picnics. In stories, a shy character «blossoms» into a confident one. Phrases: cherry blossom, apple blossom, in blossom, blossom into.

### examples

- The cherry tree is covered in pink blossom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blossom/#x1)
- Bees buzzed among the apple blossoms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blossom/#x2)
- The orange trees blossom in spring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blossom/#x3)
- Without blossom, there would be no fruit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blossom/#x4)
- The new girl was shy at first but blossomed in Year 5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blossom/#x5)
- Their friendship blossomed during the school trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blossom/#x6)
- In Japan, families picnic under the cherry blossom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blossom/#x7)
- "Here is a nice clover blossom." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blossom/#x8)

### note

Uncountable for many flowers on a tree (lots of blossom), countable for single flowers (a blossom, three blossoms). Similar: bloom. Verb forms blossomed, blossoming (single m).

### In the corpora

- [Without that delivery the blossom would never become an apple.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/291-bees-worms-and-soil-the-hidden-helpers-of-our-food/1/)
- [And in the candlestick four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.734/)
- [And in the candlestick were four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1143/)
- [The wilderness and the parched land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.725/)
- [Behold the day; behold, it cometh; the turn is come forth; the rod hath blossomed, arrogancy hath budded.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.129/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «blossom» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blossom/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.