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
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
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
If I had ever been taught—” The sun was slanting in under the old, wild orange tree on to the gallery.
From The House of Fulfilment by Martin, George Madden
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