Noun: mock orange mók 'or-unj or mók 'ór-inj [N. Amer], mók 'ó-rinj [Brit]
- Large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes
"The mock orange bush attracted numerous bees with its fragrant blooms";
- syringa, Philadelphus coronarius
- Shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit
"The mock orange's white flowers attracted numerous pollinators";
- southern buckthorn, shittimwood, shittim, Bumelia lycioides
- Small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States
"mock orange hedges provided privacy around the garden";
- cherry laurel, laurel cherry, wild orange, Prunus caroliniana
- 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-coloured wood used for bows by Native Americans; frequently planted as boundary hedge
"Farmers planted mock orange as living fences";
- osage orange, bow wood, Maclura pomifera
Derived forms: mock oranges
Type of: angiospermous tree, angiospermous yellowwood, buckthorn, flowering tree, philadelphus
Part of: genus Philadelphus, genus Prunus, Prunus
Encyclopedia: Mock orange