Blossom

Blossom

In botany, blossom is a term given to the flowers of stone fruit trees (genus Prunus) and of some other plants with a similar appearance that flower profusely for a period of time in spring. Colloquially flowers of orange are referred to as such as well.

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Famous quotes containing the word blossom:

    “Poetry and music I have banished,
    But the stupidity
    Of root, shoot, blossom or clay
    Makes no demand.
    I bend my body to the spade
    Or grope with a dirty hand.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “O that this blossom could be kept from cankers!”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “how seasonably
    leaf and blossom uncurl
    and living things arrange their death,
    while someone from afar off
    blows birthday candles for the world.”
    —Irving Layton (b. 1912)