wild orange
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wild orange
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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Mammone still had to do close-ups, though, which meant spending three hours a day in makeup, getting Blanka’s green skin and wild orange hair.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 16, 2018
They stood up out of the water like wild orange branches in a blue field.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fire snaked around to the side of the pot, still a wild orange, spewing fumes; it had not yet stabilized to a clean blue.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
She had just the type of tree in mind: a pretty birch tree with its wild orange leaves in contrast over white bark.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
As we returned towards the boat we stopped to examine an irregular scrambling hedge of the wild orange, another of the exquisite shrubs of this paradise of evergreens.
From Records of Later Life by Kemble, Fanny
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