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
While other towns and cities are going pink using paint, parts of County Armagh will naturally turn pink when the apple blossom comes out in the orchard county.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2014
I don't want apple blossom and French tulips, I want wiped worktops and dressed children.
From The Guardian • Apr. 6, 2011
The other girls shrieked, and flung handfuls of apple blossom at her, and none shrieked more loudly, or flung more blossom, than Victoria Forester.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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