— blossomless , adj. — blossomy , adj.
/blos"euhm/ , n. Bot.
1. the flower of a plant, esp. of one producing an edible fruit.
2. the state of flowering: The apple tree is in blossom.
v.i.
3. Bot. to produce or yield blossoms.
4. to flourish; develop (often fol. by into or out ): a writer of commercial jingles who blossomed out into an important composer.
5. (of a parachute) to open.
[ bef. 900; (n.) ME blosme, blossem, OE blostm ( a ), blosma flower; c. MD bloesem, MLG blosem, blossem; (v.) ME blosmen, OE blostmian, deriv. of the n. See BLOOM 1 , BLOW 3 ]
Syn. 4. thrive, bloom, burgeon, sprout.