different between blossom vs florescence

English

Etymology

From Middle English blosme, from Old English bl?stm, bl?stma, from Proto-Germanic *bl?smaz (compare West Frisian blossem, bloesem), an enlargement of *bl?staz (compare German Blust), from Proto-Indo-European *b?leh?-s- (“bloom, flower”), from *b?leh?- (“to bloom, to thrive”). Cognate with Albanian bleron (“to blossom, to thrive”), Latin fl?s (“flower”), Fl?ra (“goddess of plants”). See more at blow (etymology 4).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?bl?.s?m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?bl?.s?m/
• Hyphenation: blos?som

Noun

blossom (countable and uncountable, plural blossoms)

1. A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.
2. The state or season of producing such flowers.
3. (figuratively) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.
4. The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs.

Alternative forms

• blasom (Jamaican English)

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

blossom (third-person singular simple present blossoms, present participle blossoming, simple past and past participle blossomed)

1. (intransitive) To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom.
2. (intransitive) To begin to thrive or flourish.

Synonyms

• (have, or open into, blossoms): bloom, come into bloom, come into blossom, flower
• (begin to thrive or flourish): bloom, flourish, grow, prosper, thrive

Translations

Further reading

• blossom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle English

Noun

blossom

1. Alternative form of blosme

English

Etymology

From Latin flor?sc?, from fl?re? (“I bloom, flower”) + -?sc?, from fl?s (“flower”), from Proto-Italic *fl?s, from Proto-Indo-European *b?leh?- (“flower, blossom”), from *b?el- (“to bloom”), as if through the form fl?r?scentia.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /fl????s?ns/
• Homophone: fluorescence, in some pronunciations

Noun

florescence (countable and uncountable, plural florescences)

1. The time, or the condition, of budding or flowering.

Translations

See also

• fluorescence