blossom

blossom
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noun
ADJECTIVE
beautiful, lovely
pale, pink, white

a tree with pale pink blossoms

apple, peach, etc.
fragrant
spring
VERB + BLOSSOM
bear (formal, esp. AmE), have, produce

Hopefully the tree will produce some blossom next year.

see, smell

In the spring visitors come to see the blossoms at their peak.

BLOSSOM + VERB
be out

The cherry blossom is out. (BrE)

The cherry blossoms are out. (AmE)

come out
fall
PREPOSITION
in blossom

He loves it when the apple trees are in blossom.

PHRASES
in full blossom

The plum tree is in full blossom.

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verb
Blossom is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑love, ↑relationship, ↑romance

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