apple blossom
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of apple blossom
First recorded in 1815–25
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The girls I dream of are the gentle ones, wistful by high windows or singing sweet old songs at a piano, long hair drifting, tender as apple blossom.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 10, 2019
In a back corner, attendees could make their own lime-basil and coriander apple blossom sodas with a SodaStream machine.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2015
At the society's Wisley gardens in Surrey, they would normally expect to see apple blossom on 26 April.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2013
But Shar is looking at the apple blossom.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 17, 2012
A flurry of hastily suppressed giggles amid the apple blossom.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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