orange blossom

Florida's state bloom

Orange blossom is the fragrant white flower of the orange tree, prized in perfumery and flavoring.

Orange blossom water appears in Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cooking.

The flowers traditionally symbolize purity and fertility, making them popular in bridal bouquets and wedding decorations: She carried orange blossoms down the aisle.

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baking · Florida water · rose · fruit · smell · essential oil · scented candle · spring bloom · limonene · citrus grove · candied peel · petal · white · gardenia · tree · fragrance · May · Mediterranean

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Opposites
symbolic association

orange blossomblack rose

Impossibly dark flower

funeral wreath · wilted flowers · dead flowers · cypress · black roses

fragrance character

orange blossomcorpse flower

Plant with decay odor

decay · rafflesia · skunk cabbage · sulfur · stinkhorn

plant life cycle

orange blossomfallen fruit

Dropped produce beneath trees

orange rind · seed

Family

blossom, orange, blossoming, oranges, blossomed, blossomy, orangery, orangeade, orangewood

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Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G