Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mock_orange

4 senses of mock orange

Sense 1
mock orange, syringa, Philadelphus coronarius -- (large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes)
       => 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)

Sense 2
southern buckthorn, shittimwood, shittim, mock orange, Bumelia lycioides -- (shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit)
       => buckthorn -- (any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia)

Sense 3
cherry laurel, laurel cherry, mock orange, wild orange, Prunus caroliniana -- (small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States)
       => angiospermous tree, flowering tree -- (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Sense 4
osage orange, bow wood, mock orange, Maclura pomifera -- (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)
       => angiospermous yellowwood -- (any of various angiospermous trees having yellow wood)