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

See Also: angiospermous tree, angiospermous yellowwood, buckthorn, flowering tree, genus Philadelphus, genus Prunus, philadelphus, Prunus

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