mock orange

noun

1. small shrubby deciduous yellowwood tree of south central United States having spines, glossy dark green leaves and an inedible fruit that resembles an orange

   Synonym:    osage orangebow woodMaclura pomifera

2. small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States

   Synonym:    cherry laurellaurel cherrywild orangePrunus caroliniana

3. shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit

   Synonym:    southern buckthornshittimwoodshittimBumelia lycioides

4. large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes

   Synonym:    syringaPhiladelphus coronarius