Noun: wild orange wI(-u)ld o-rinj
- Small fast-growing spiny deciduous Chinese orange tree bearing sweetly scented flowers and decorative but inedible fruit: used as a stock in grafting and for hedges
"The wild orange's thorny branches make an effective natural barrier";
- trifoliate orange, trifoliata, Poncirus trifoliata
- Small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States
"wild orange hedges provided privacy around the garden";
- cherry laurel, laurel cherry, mock orange, Prunus caroliniana
Derived forms: wild oranges
Type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree, tree
Part of: genus Poncirus, genus Prunus, Poncirus, Prunus
Encyclopedia: Wild orange