"blosme" meaning in Middle English

See blosme in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈblɔsm(ə)/, /ˈblɔsəm/ Forms: blosmes [plural], blosmen [plural], blossem [alternative], blosstme [alternative, Early-Middle-English], blostme [alternative, Early-Middle-English], blosom [alternative, Late-Middle-English], blossom [alternative, Late-Middle-English], blossome [alternative, Late-Middle-English], blossum [alternative, Late-Middle-English]
Etymology: From Old English blostma, from Proto-West Germanic *blōstmō, from Proto-Germanic *blōstmô. Etymology templates: {{dercat|enm|gmw-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|enm|ang|blostma}} Old English blostma, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*blōstmō}} Proto-West Germanic *blōstmō, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*blōstmô}} Proto-Germanic *blōstmô Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} blosme, {{enm-noun|blosmes|pl2=blosmen}} blosme (plural blosmes or blosmen)
  1. A flower or blossom (that is blooming).
    Sense id: en-blosme-enm-noun-0H6uaIZU Categories (other): Botany Disambiguation of Botany: 34 10 22 10 23
  2. (figurative) An outstanding or unparalleled thing. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-blosme-enm-noun-gt6Pw~-L
  3. (figurative) The immediate descendant or progeny of something. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-blosme-enm-noun-Hsc~OwHH Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 22 11 32 13 23
  4. (rare) A bough adorned with shoots. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-blosme-enm-noun-N2AWlvaY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: blosmen, blosmy
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|altform=1}} blosme
  1. Alternative form of blosmen Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: blosmen
    Sense id: en-blosme-enm-verb-I2cVhvql Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Flowers Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 18 14 21 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 13 13 15 45 Disambiguation of Flowers: 30 11 7 12 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "(rare) A bough adorned with shoots."
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