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Mock orange

Mock orange Meaning & Definition
Mock orange Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mock orange?

[n] 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
[n] small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States
[n] shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit
[n] large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mock orange: bow wood | Bumelia lycioides | cherry laurel | laurel cherry | Maclura pomifera | osage orange | Philadelphus coronarius | Prunus caroliniana | shittim | shittimwood | southern buckthorn | syringa | wild orange

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See Also | angiospermous tree | angiospermous yellowwood | buckthorn | flowering tree | genus Philadelphus | genus Prunus | philadelphus | Prunus

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