- blossoming, flowering, florescence, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence - the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
--1 is a kind of growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
- bloom, blossom, flower - produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed"
--1 is one way to develop
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun blossom1
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- blossom, blossom out, blossom forth, unfold - develop or come to a promising stage; "Youth blossomed into maturity"
--2 is one way to develop
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun blossom2
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