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Mock orange

noun

Large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes. Synonyms: Philadelphus coronarius, syringa.

Shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit. Synonyms: Bumelia lycioides, shittim, shittimwood, southern buckthorn.

Small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States. Synonyms: cherry laurel, laurel cherry, Prunus caroliniana, wild 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. Synonyms: bow wood, Maclura pomifera, osage orange.

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"Mock orange" Quotes from Famous Books

... 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 straw ...

— Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 • Various

Words linked to "Mock orange" : flowering tree, philadelphus, angiospermous tree, genus Prunus, genus Philadelphus, Prunus, buckthorn, angiospermous yellowwood