mock orange

Noun
  1. Large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes (synset 112812089)
    is a type 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
    belongs to: genus philadelphus - mock orange: type and sole genus of the subfamily Philadelphaceae; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae
    same as: philadelphus coronarius, syringa
  2. Shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit (synset 112793668)
    is a type of: buckthorn - any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia
    same as: bumelia lycioides, shittim, shittimwood, southern buckthorn
  3. Small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States (synset 112663874)
    is a type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
    belongs to: genus prunus, prunus - a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions
    same as: cherry laurel, laurel cherry, prunus caroliniana, wild orange
  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 (synset 112420404)
    is a type of: angiospermous yellowwood - any of various angiospermous trees having yellow wood
    same as: bow wood, maclura pomifera, osage orange

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