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Definition: Mock Orange |
Mock OrangeNoun1. Large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes. 2. Shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit. 3. Small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States. 4. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Philadelphus No Picture Available Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Rosales Family: Hydrangeaceae Genus: Philadelphus Species Philadelphus argenteus - Silver Mockorange
Philadelphus argyrocalyx - Silver-Cup Mockorange
Philadelphus californicus - California mock orange
Philadelphus caucasicus - Caucasus mockorange
Philadelphus confusus - Piper's mock orange
Philadelphus cordifolius - Heartleaf mock orange
Philadelphus coronarius - Sweet mock orange
Philadelphus crinitus - Hairy or TransPecos mock orange
Philadelphus ernestii - Canyon mock orange
Philadelphus floridus - Florida mock orange
Philadelphus gattingeri - Gattinger's mock orange
Philadelphus hirsutus - Streambank mock orange
Philadelphus hitchcockianus - Hitchcock mockorange
Philadelphus inodorus - Scentless mock orange
Philadelphus insignis - Summer mock orange
Philadelphus karwinskianus - Evergreen mock orange
Philadelphus lewisii - Lewis' mock orange
Philadelphus maculatus - Spotted mock orange
Philadelphus madrensis - Desert mountain mock orange
Philadelphus mearnsii - Mearns' mock orange
Philadelphus microphyllus - Littleleaf mock orange
Philadelphus occidentalis - Western mock orange
Philadelphus oreganus - Oregon mock orange
Philadelphus palmeri - Palmer's mock orange
Philadelphus pubescens - hoary mock orange
Philadelphus pumilus - dwarf mock orange
Philadelphus serpyllifolius - littleleaf or thymeleaf mockorange
Philadelphus sharpianus - Sharp's mock orange
Philadelphus texensis - Texas mock orange
Philadelphus tomentosus - fuzzy mock orange
Philadelphus trichothecus - Columbian mock orange
Philadelphus wootonii - Wooton's mock orange
Philadelphus zelleri - Zeller's mock orange
Varieties Philadelphus hirsutus - Streambank Mockorange
Philadelphus inodorus - Scentless Mockorange
Philadelphus intectus - Mockorange
Philadelphus lewisii - Lewis' Mockorange
Philadelphus microphyllus - Littleleaf Mockorange
Philadelphus sharpianus - Sharp's Mockorange
Sources: saxifrag
ITS 24418 2003-06-29The Philadelphus is the biological Genus most commonly known as the Mock Orange or Mockorange.
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Synonyms: Mock OrangeSynonyms: bow wood (n), cherry laurel (n), laurel cherry (n), osage orange (n), shittim (n), shittimwood (n), southern buckthorn (n), syringa (n), wild orange (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Mock Orange |
| English words defined with "mock orange": Pipe tree ♦ Saxifragaceous. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Wild Mock Orange (Philadelphus lewisii) at Fredenberg Butte. Credit: Terry Tuttle. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
mock orange | 177 |
bush mock orange | 30 |
mock orange shrub | 28 |
mock orange tree | 24 |
mock orange plant | 17 |
double mock orange | 8 |
lyrics mock orange | 7 |
mock orange pruning | 4 |
minnesota mock orange snowflake | 4 |
mock orange virginal | 3 |
mock orange sweet | 3 |
mock orange philadelphus | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "mock orange"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | uaegte jasmin, pibeved. (various references) | |
Dutch | boerenjasmijn. (various references) | |
Finnish | pihajasmike. (various references) | |
French | seringa. (various references) | |
German | pfeifenstrauch. (various references) | |
Greek | φιλάδελφος ο στεφανωτικός. (various references) | |
Italian | gelsomino bianco, fiorangiolo, filadelfia. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ockmay orangeay.(various references) | |
Swedish | doftschersmin. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Philadelphus coronarius. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-k-m-n-o-o-r" | |
-2 letters: coenamor. | |
-3 letters: acrogen, comaker, corkage, coronae, marengo, moorage, oregano, romance. | |
-4 letters: canker, carmen, comake, conger, conker, cooker, cornea, corona, enamor, engram, garcon, german, macron, manger, maroon, moaner, mocker, monger, mongoe, morgan, morgen, onager, orange, orgone, racoon, ragmen, reckon, recook, romano. | |
-5 letters: acorn, agone, among, anger, argon, cager, cameo, caner, canoe, cargo, carom, cogon, comae. | |
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