orange blossom

See also: orange-blossom and orangeblossom

English

an orange blossom and oranges

Alternative forms

• orange-blossom, orangeblossom (uncommon)

Etymology

From orange +‎ blossom.

Pronunciation

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Noun

orange blossom (countable and uncountable, plural orange blossoms)

1. 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

• napha water
• neroli

Related terms

• apple blossom
• cherry blossom
• orange blossom water
• peach blossom
• plum blossom

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

Further reading

• orange blossom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia