Meaning of mock-orange | Babel Free
Definitions
- Any of many shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white, fragrant flowers, for which they are cultivated outside their natural range
- especially, Philadelphus coronarius (sweet mock orange), widely cultivated
- Philadelphus lewisii (Lewis' mock-orange), of western North America
- Any of several similar but not closely related plants.
- Bursaria spinosa (Australian blackthorn)
- Maclura pomifera (Osage orange), of North America
- Murraya paniculata (orange jessamine), a small tree ranging from East Asia to Australasia
- Pittosporum tobira, native to China, Japan, and Korea, and naturalized and cultivated elsewhere
- Pittosporum undulatum (sweet pittosporum), of Australia
- Styrax americanus (American snowbell)
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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