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Mock Orange

Definition:
"Mock orange" is a term that refers to a few different types of plants, but it mainly describes a large shrub or small tree that produces fragrant, creamy-white flowers. These flowers often bloom in clusters and resemble the flowers of orange trees, which is why it is called "mock orange."

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Noun

1. 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
2. small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States
3. shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit
4. large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes

Synonyms

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