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Our acorn tree dropped all of its blossom-thingies within a few hours (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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Edit:
Just realized the correct name for the tree is actually maple.

False friend caused mistake because its name is "Ahorn" in German.
Keeping the heading as it is, because it is funny, although it might trigger the Canadians (sorry, dudes!).

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[–] 6 points 6 months ago (4 children)

"Blossom" essentially means "flower". It's just not used as often. At least not in American English.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 6 months ago* (2 children)

    I knew it from things like "cherry blossom", meaning "Kirschblüte", so have always assumed "blossom" to be used in completely the same way as "Blüte".
    Same for "Blume"/"flower".
    Turns out, both assumptions have been wrong.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Well since it's english and we borrow and mash everything around and together: we say that flowers and trees 'bloom' when they produce blossoms.

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