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:

    “Magnified apples appear and disappear,
    Stem end and blossom end,
    And every fleck of russet showing clear.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

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

    “The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill,
    And off a blossom in mid-air stands still.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)