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A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.

Flowers, collectively.

The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.

Example: The cherry trees are in bloom.

A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.

Example: the bloom of youth

To cause to blossom; to make flourish.

To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.

Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.

Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigour; to show beauty and freshness.

The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process.