orange leafn.
/ˈɒrᵻn(d)ʒ liːf/, U.S. /ˈɔr(ə)ndʒ ˌlif/, /ˈɑr(ə)ndʒ ˌlif/ 1. The leaf of the orange tree.
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1703 Philos. Trans. 1702–3 (Royal Soc.) 23 1424* The Leaves..are perforated like St John's wort, Orange leaves, Myrtle, &c.
1838 C. Gilman Recoll. Southern Matron iii. 25 An orange leaf..was laid on every finger bowl.
1880 G. W. Cable Grandissimes ii. 15 Perfumed ad nauseam with orange-leaf tea.
1934 C. C. Steele Introd. Plant Biochem. xiii. 134 The content of stachydrine in Orange leaves decreases with increasing age of the tissue.
1994 Soap Perfumery & Cosmetics (Nexis) Nov. 53 According to perfumers, jasmine produced through this method of extraction has light and powerful floral notes with cassis and orange leaf absolute hints.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > processed resinous materials > [noun] > shellac > type of
orange leaf1883
1883 Cassell's Family Mag. Oct. 683/2 Shell-lac..is known..as ‘button’, ‘orange-leaf’,..and ‘reddish orange-leaf’.
3. A small New Zealand tree, Coprosma lucida (family Rubiaceae), with orange berries and shiny, dark green, obovate leaves. Also Otago orange leaf. Cf. karamu n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > evergreens > coprosmas
patete1867
taupata1867
coprosma1874
karamu1874
orange leaf1884
raurekau1892
1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Coprosma lucida, Otago Orange-leaf, or Looking-glass bush.
1926 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 56 684/3 Coprosma lucida, kakaramu, karamu,..orange-leaf.
1994 E. Orsman & H. Orsman N.Z. Dict. 188/1 Orange, in the names of plants with features resembling those of orange trees... As orange-leaf, orange-wood, see karamu, having orange-coloured berries, and yellowish wood.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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