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Blossom

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Blossom is the name given to the flowers of stone fruit trees and of some other small plants with a similar appearance that flower profusely but for an extremely short period of time. Blossom is either pink or white depending on the species - cherry blossom and nectarine/peach blossoms are pink, plum and apple blossoms are white.

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Plum blossom


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Nectarine blossom


Blossom was also the title of a 1990s television sitcom starring young actress Mayim Bialik. It was about a single father living with his daughter, and two sons (one of whom is an alcoholic).