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Mock orange   /mɑk ˈɔrəndʒ/   Listen
Mock orange

noun
1.
Large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes.  Synonyms: Philadelphus coronarius, syringa.
2.
Shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit.  Synonyms: Bumelia lycioides, shittim, shittimwood, southern buckthorn.
3.
Small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States.  Synonyms: cherry laurel, laurel cherry, Prunus caroliniana, wild orange.
4.
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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"Mock orange" Quotes from Famous Books



... the spring, as in the case of the snowball. If the shrubs bloom in the fall, as do some hydrangeas, the rose of Sharon, and some lilacs, they should not be cut directly after blooming but in the spring of the following year. Lilacs, snowballs and mock orange should be let alone during the winter, being neither trimmed nor covered with ...
— Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 • Various

... Jealousy Marigold and Cyprus, Despair Marjoram, Blushes Marvel of Peru, Timidity Meadow Lychnis, Wit Meadowsweet, Uselessness Mercury, Goodness Mesembryanthemum, Idleness Mezereon, I Desire to Please Mignonette, You are Good Milfoil, War Milkwort, Hermitage Mint, Virtue Mistletoe, I Surmount Mock Orange, Counterfeit Monkshood, Deadly Foe Near Moonwort, Forgetfulness Morning Glory, Affectation Moschatel, Weakness Moss, Maternal Love Mosses, Ennui Motherwort, Concealed Love Moving Plant, Agitation Mulberry, White, Wisdom Mushroom, I Can't Trust You Musk Plant, Weakness Myrobalan, ...
— Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 • Edward William Cole



Words linked to "Mock orange" :   Prunus caroliniana, angiospermous yellowwood, Prunus, genus Prunus, buckthorn, angiospermous tree, Bumelia lycioides, genus Philadelphus, philadelphus, bow wood, flowering tree



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