English Explanatory Dictionary

mock-orange

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of many shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white, fragrant flowers, for which they are cultivated outside their natural range
  2. especially, Philadelphus coronarius (sweet mock orange), widely cultivated
  3. Philadelphus lewisii (Lewis' mock-orange), of western North America
  4. Any of several similar but not closely related plants.
  5. Bursaria spinosa (Australian blackthorn)
  6. Maclura pomifera (Osage orange), of North America
  7. Murraya paniculata (orange jessamine), a small tree ranging from East Asia to Australasia
  8. Pittosporum tobira, native to China, Japan, and Korea, and naturalized and cultivated elsewhere
  9. Pittosporum undulatum (sweet pittosporum), of Australia
  10. Styrax americanus (American snowbell)

Word forms

mock-orange mock orange mockorange

Translations

Arabic: فِيلادِلْفُس Arabic: سَرَنْجَة Chinese Mandarin: 山梅花 Finnish: jasmike German: Pfeifenstrauch Greek: φιλάδελφος Ancient Greek: φιλάδελφον Japanese: バイカウツギ Lithuanian: jazmi̇̀nas Polish: jaśminowiec Russian: чубу́шник Swedish: schersmin Turkish: ağaç fulü
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