English
Etymology
From orange + blossom.
Noun
orange blossom (countable and uncountable, plural orange blossoms)
- The fragrant white flower of the orange tree, Citrus sinensis.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 47:"How beautiful are these orange flowers!" said Francesea, pointing to a superb stand of that most lovely shrub, where the golden fruit, the snowy flower, and the polished blossom, hung together.
Coordinate terms
Translations
white flower of the orange tree
- Arabic: زَهْرَة الْبُرْتُقَال f (zahra(t) al-burtuqāl)
- Basque: laranjondo-lore, laranja-lore
- Catalan: tarongina (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 柑花 (gānhuā), 橙花 (chénghuā)
- Dutch: oranjebloesem (nl) m
- Esperanto: oranĝo-floro
- Finnish: appelsiininkukka
- French: fleur d'oranger (fr) f
- Galician: azar (gl) m, flor de laranxeira f
- Georgian: ფორთოხლის ყვავილი (portoxlis q̇vavili)
- German: Orangenblüte (de) f
- Greek: άνθος πορτοκαλιάς n (ánthos portokaliás)
- Hebrew: פְּרִיחַת תַּפּוּז f (p'rikhát tapúz)
- Hungarian: narancsvirág (hu)
- Icelandic: appelsínublóm n
- Italian: zagara (it) f, fiore d'arancio m
- Japanese: オレンジの花 (オレンジのはな, orenji no hana)
- Korean: 오렌지꽃 (orenjikkot)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: kulîlka perteqalê
- Occitan: flor d'irangièr f
- Persian: بهارنارنج (bahâr-nârenj), گلبهار (gol-bahâr)
- Polish: kwiat pomarańczy m
- Portuguese: flor de laranjeira f
- Romanian: floare de portocal f
- Russian: цвето́к апельси́на m (cvetók apelʹsína), апельси́новый цвето́к m (apelʹsínovyj cvetók), цвето́к помера́нца m (cvetók pomeránca), помера́нцевый цвето́к m (pomeráncevyj cvetók)
- Spanish: azahar (es) m, flor de azahar f
- Swedish: apelsinblomma c, apelsinblom (sv) c
- Turkish: portakal çiçeği
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