blossoming

blos·som  (blsm)

n.

1. A flower or cluster of flowers.

2. The condition or time of flowering: peach trees in blossom.

3. A period or condition of maximum development. See Synonyms at bloom¹.

intr.v. blos·somed, blos·som·ing, blos·soms

1. To come into flower; bloom.

2. To develop; flourish: The child blossomed into a beauty.

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[Middle English, from Old English blstm; see bhel-³ in Indo-European roots.]

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blossom·y adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

blossoming - the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms anthesis, florescence, flowering, inflorescence, efflorescence growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"

Translations

blossoming [ˈblɒsəmɪŋ] n → épanouissement m