apple blossom
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of apple blossom
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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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
"I have never seen apple blossom like it," says Chris Creed, horticulture adviser at environmental consultancy ADAS.
From BBC ● May 28, 2013
I don't want apple blossom and French tulips, I want wiped worktops and dressed children.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2011
A flurry of hastily suppressed giggles amid the apple blossom.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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