MOCK ORANGE

Definition:

1. [noun] large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes
   Synonyms: syringa, Philadelphus coronarius
   
   
2. [noun] shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit
   Synonyms: southern buckthorn, shittimwood, shittim, Bumelia lycioides
   
   
3. [noun] small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States
   Synonyms: 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
   Synonyms: osage orange, bow wood, Maclura pomifera
   
   

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