MOCK ORANGE • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Mock orange

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Mock orange

noun

Large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes. Synonyms: Philadelphus coronarius, syringa.

Shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit. Synonyms: Bumelia lycioides, shittim, shittimwood, southern buckthorn.

Small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States. Synonyms: cherry laurel, laurel cherry, Prunus caroliniana, wild orange.

Small shrubby deciduous yellowwood tree of south central United States having spines, glossy dark green leaves and an inedible fruit that resembles an orange; its hard orange-colored wood used for bows by Native Americans; frequently planted as boundary hedge. Synonyms: bow wood, Maclura pomifera, osage orange.

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Words linked to "Mock orange" : Prunus, genus Prunus, angiospermous tree, buckthorn, flowering tree, angiospermous yellowwood, philadelphus, genus Philadelphus, southern buckthorn