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mock orange
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mock orange has 4 senses
- mock orange(n = noun.plant) philadelphus coronarius, syringa - large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes; Array is a member of genus philadelphus
- mock orange(n = noun.plant) bumelia lycioides, shittim, shittimwood, southern buckthorn - shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit; Array is a kind of buckthorn
- mock orange(n = noun.plant) cherry laurel, laurel cherry, prunus caroliniana, wild orange - small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States; Array is a member of genus prunus, prunus
- mock orange(n = noun.plant) bow wood, maclura pomifera, osage 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; Array is a kind of angiospermous yellowwood
is a kind of philadelphus
is a kind of angiospermous tree, flowering tree
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