blossom
n. C / Un. the flower on a tree or bush that appears before the fruit grows. You usually see these in the spring on trees like cherry or apple.
n. a flower or cluster of flowers on a plant that yields fruit, typically appearing in spring. Often used collectively to describe the mass of flowers on a single tree.
The cherry trees are covered in pink blossom.
Every spring, the orchard is filled with the sweet scent of apple blossom before the fruit begins to form.
The delicate white blossom of the pear trees carpeted the garden path after the heavy rain, signaling the transition from early spring to the warmer months of growth.
Often used as an uncountable noun when referring to the mass of flowers on a tree ('the blossom'); countable when referring to a single flower.