English noun: mock orange |
1. | mock orange (plant) large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes |
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| Synonyms | Philadelphus coronarius, syringa |
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| Broader (hypernym) | philadelphus |
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| Member meronym | genus Philadelphus |
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2. | mock orange (plant) shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit |
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| Synonyms | Bumelia lycioides, shittim, shittimwood, southern buckthorn |
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| Broader (hypernym) | buckthorn |
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3. | mock orange (plant) small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States |
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| Synonyms | cherry laurel, laurel cherry, Prunus caroliniana, wild orange |
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| Broader (hypernym) | angiospermous tree, flowering tree |
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| Member meronym | genus Prunus, Prunus |
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4. | mock orange (plant) 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 |
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| Synonyms | bow wood, Maclura pomifera, osage orange |
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| Broader (hypernym) | angiospermous yellowwood |
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