NOUN
- shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit
- small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States
- large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes
- 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
How To Use mock orange In A Sentence
- Mock orange, or philadelphus, prefers an organically enriched, moist, well-draining soil and filtered sun.
- In-principle agreement has been reached to exempt species like mock orange and boronia, and the ban now applies to 10 members of the Rutaceae family, and all citrus.
- The Mock Orange bush has a bad case of black fly already, and the rose bush has greenfly.
- But between assignments, her family always went back to her maternal grandparents 'home in New Jersey where her grandfather loved to grow roses and her grandmother had all of the old-fashioned plants such as hollyhocks, dahlias, lilacs, lilies-of-the-valley and mock orange. News | SJ | http://www.goupstate.com
- While Mock Orange have always been classified as emo, the group tends to leans more towards sunny indie-rock than tortured punk.
- If needed, prune bridal wreath spiraea, forsythia, lilac, mock orange, quince, and wiegela immediately after flowering.