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Meaning of mock-orange | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  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)

Equivalents

العربية فيلادلفس
Ελληνικά φιλάδελφος
Suomi jasmike
Polski jaśminowiec

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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