Mock orange

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any shrub of the genus Philadelphus, particularly Philadelphus coronarius (sweet mock orange).
  2. 2
    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 wordnet
  3. 3
    Bursaria spinosa (Australian blackthorn), a small tree from Australia.
  4. 4
    small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States wordnet
  5. 5
    Choisya ternata (Mexican orange), an aromatic shrub native to North America.
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  1. 6
    shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit wordnet
  2. 7
    Maclura pomifera (Osage orange), a small tree from North America.
  3. 8
    large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes wordnet
  4. 9
    Murraya paniculata (orange jessamine), a small tree ranging from East Asia to Australasia.
  5. 10
    Pittosporum undulatum (sweet pittosporum), a small tree native to Australia.

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