MOCK ORANGE
Dictionary entry overview: What does mock orange mean?
• MOCK ORANGE (noun)
The noun MOCK ORANGE has 4 senses:
1. large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes
2. shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit
3. small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States
4. 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
Familiarity information: MOCK ORANGE used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• MOCK ORANGE (noun)
Meaning:
Large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
mock orange; Philadelphus coronarius; syringa
Hypernyms ("mock orange" is a kind of...):
philadelphus (any of various chiefly deciduous ornamental shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white sweet-scented flowers, single or in clusters; widely grown in temperate regions)
Holonyms ("mock orange" is a member of...):
genus Philadelphus (mock orange: type and sole genus of the subfamily Philadelphaceae; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae)
Meaning:
Shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
southern buckthorn; shittim; Bumelia lycioides; mock orange; shittimwood
Hypernyms ("mock orange" is a kind of...):
buckthorn (any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia)
Meaning:
Small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Prunus caroliniana; wild orange; laurel cherry; cherry laurel; mock orange
Hypernyms ("mock orange" is a kind of...):
angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)
Holonyms ("mock orange" is a member of...):
genus Prunus; Prunus (a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bow wood; Maclura pomifera; osage orange; mock orange
Hypernyms ("mock orange" is a kind of...):
angiospermous yellowwood (any of various angiospermous trees having yellow wood)
