English [ edit ]
an orange blossom and oranges
Etymology [ edit ]
orange + blossom .
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.
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Translations [ edit ]
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 )
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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