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Mock orange Common

Mock orange has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
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

5

Any shrub of the genus Philadelphus, particularly Philadelphus coronarius.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
philadelphus buckthorn angiospermous tree angiospermous yellowwood
Rhyming Words
ange onge inge funge hinge conge lunge dinge binge tinge henge linge tange minge penge monge mange winge venge ringe
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