mock-orange
Nouns
- (n) large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes Philadelphus coronarius, syringa,
- (n) shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit Bumelia lycioides, shittim, southern buckthorn, shittimwood,
- (n) small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States Prunus caroliniana, cherry laurel, laurel cherry, wild orange,
- (n) 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 bow wood, Maclura pomifera, osage orange,