mock orange

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mock orange (enc)

Noun	1.	mock orange - large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes Philadelphus coronarius, syringa genus Philadelphus - mock orange: type and sole genus of the subfamily Philadelphaceae; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae philadelphus - any of various chiefly deciduous ornamental shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white sweet-scented flowers, single or in clusters; widely grown in temperate regions
	2.	mock orange - shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit Bumelia lycioides, shittim, southern buckthorn, shittimwood buckthorn - any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia
	3.	mock orange - small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States Prunus caroliniana, wild orange, cherry laurel, laurel cherry genus Prunus, Prunus - a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
	4.	mock 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 bow wood, Maclura pomifera, osage orange angiospermous yellowwood - any of various angiospermous trees having yellow wood

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