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
We saw early flowers already opening; the peach and plum-tree were in full bloom; and the wild orange, as they call the cherry-laurel, was just putting forth its blossoms.
From Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America by Bryant, William Cullen
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