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Detailed Synonyms for mock orange in English

mock orange:

mock orange [the ~] nom

  1. the mock 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 h 1
    the mock orange; the Maclura pomifera; the osage orange; the bow wood
    – 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 h 1
  2. the mock orange
    – small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States 1
    the Prunus caroliniana; the mock orange; the cherry laurel; the wild orange; the laurel cherry
    – small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States 1
  3. the mock orange
    – shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit 1
    the shittimwood; the mock orange; the southern buckthorn; the shittim; the Bumelia lycioides
    – shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit 1
  4. the mock orange
    – large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes 1
    the syringa; the Philadelphus coronarius; the mock orange
    – large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes 1

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Related Definitions for "mock orange":

  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 h1
  2. small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States1
  3. shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit1
  4. large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes1

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