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