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English
Noun
orange-blossom (countable and uncountable, plural orange-blossoms)
- Uncommon form of orange blossom.
1842, [Harriette Smythies], chapter XXXIII, in The Matchmaker. A Novel. , volume II, London: Henry Colburn, , page 109:But in the little gaudily-framed glass over the back-parlour mantelpiece, Mrs. Jobb could there see the bright eyes, smooth curls, and cherry cheeks of a bride of nineteen, the cap full of orange-blossoms, and the smile full of witchery for the enamoured Jobb, […]
1862, Jean Paul Friedrich Richter, translated by Charles T Brooks, “Fifteenth Jubilee. Man and Woman.”, in Titan: A Romance. , volume I, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, 71. Cycle, page 466:Before the embowered cottage the children came running to meet them, Helena, with her little apron full of orange-blossoms, which she had picked up, for the breaking of them off had been forbidden her, […]
1880, Madame de Rémusat, translated by Cashel Hoey and John Lillie, “(1806.) Senatus-Consultum of the 30th of March—Foundation of Monarchies and Duchies—Queen Hortense.”, in Memoirs of Madame de Rémusat. 1802-1808. , New York, N.Y.: D Appleton and Company, , book II, page 428:She wore a circlet of diamonds surmounted with orange-blossom. Her court dress was of white tulle, with silver stars and sprays of orange-blossom.
1993, S M Stirling, David Drake, “The Anvil”, in Conqueror (The General; 3), Riverdale, N.Y.: Baen Books, published 2003, →ISBN, chapter 5, page 44:Sprays of orange-blossom and roses flew through the air, making the dogs of the 5th Descott troopers behind him bridle and curvette; […]