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mock orange

n.

1. Any of numerous deciduous shrubs of the genus Philadelphus, having opposite, simple leaves and white, usually fragrant flowers with four petals and numerous stamens.

2. Any of various similar or related shrubs or trees.

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mock orange

Noun

a shrub with white fragrant flowers like those of the orange

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mock orange - large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes Philadelphus coronarius, syringa genus Philadelphus - mock orange: type and sole genus of the subfamily Philadelphaceae; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae philadelphus - any of various chiefly deciduous ornamental shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white sweet-scented flowers, single or in clusters; widely grown in temperate regions
	2.	mock orange - shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit Bumelia lycioides, shittim, southern buckthorn, shittimwood buckthorn - any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia
	3.	mock orange - small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States Prunus caroliniana, wild orange, cherry laurel, laurel cherry genus Prunus, Prunus - a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
	4.	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 hedge bow wood, Maclura pomifera, osage orange angiospermous yellowwood - any of various angiospermous trees having yellow wood