mock orange Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

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