Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The blossom of the orange-tree, worn in wreaths, etc., by brides as an emblem of purity.
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Examples
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"You won't see an orange-blossom mead coming out of our shop, because we don't grow oranges up here," says Hamilton, a former psychotherapist who runs the business with his wife, Kim, a former teacher.
Not Just For Renaissance Fairs: Mead Producers Triple In 10 Years AP 2010
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This classic Italian dessert is made by filling Pasta Frolla Italian short dough with a rich, ricotta filling that gets a nice, citrus lift from lemon zest and orange-blossom water.
Cake Boss Buddy Valastro 2010
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"You won't see an orange-blossom mead coming out of our shop, because we don't grow oranges up here," says Hamilton, a former psychotherapist who runs the business with his wife, Kim, a former teacher.
Not Just For Renaissance Fairs: Mead Producers Triple In 10 Years AP 2010
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If you prefer ice cream, try ones made with pistachios or almonds, or even the traditional sahlab offering from Turkey, Lebanon, Syria and Egypt made with mastic and orange-blossom water, sahlab is the ground root tuber of the orchid family that creates a chewy ice cream.
Cookery Book Review: Claudia Roden's Shaun 2009
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Broom absolute is reminiscent of bees propolis and is vaguely orange-blossom like with undertones of tobacco and leather, and what I can see also as similar to black tea.
Floral Tea Notes Ayala Sender 2009
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You will now have an idea of the ingredients preferred in desserts: fruit, sweetened and spiced nuts, and rose and orange-blossom waters.
Cookery Book Review: Claudia Roden's Shaun 2009
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Broom absolute is reminiscent of bees propolis and is vaguely orange-blossom like with undertones of tobacco and leather, and what I can see also as similar to black tea.
Archive 2009-06-01 Ayala Sender 2009
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Such examples are: dibbs, a date syrup that is used as a natural sweetener in Iraq; orange-blossom water; pomegranate syrup (or pomegranate molasses), a dark, tart flavouring that I cannot do without; ras-el-hanout ("top of the shelf"), a spice mixture that can contain anything between 12 and 100 ingredients; and argan oil, from a nut native to Morocco.
Cookery Book Review: Claudia Roden's Shaun 2009
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If you are in the mood for fruit, a fruit salad is enlivened with rose water, orange slices are lifted with a touch of orange-blossom water, and apricots are simmered in a perfumed rose water and sugar syrup before being filled with cream and adorned with chopped pistachios the Turkish dessert Kaymakli Kayisi Tatlisi.
Cookery Book Review: Claudia Roden's Shaun 2009
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I was actually contemplating flower theft today, so that I can smell that orange-blossom goodness at home, any time I need like.
Archive 2006-05-01 2006
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