Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mock orange

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English

Syllables: mock- o-r-ange
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any shrub of the genus Philadelphus, particularly Philadelphus coronarius (sweet mock orange).

noun

Bursaria spinosa (Australian blackthorn), a small tree from Australia.

noun

Choisya ternata (Mexican orange), an aromatic shrub native to North America.

noun

Maclura pomifera (Osage orange), a small tree from North America.

noun

Murraya paniculata (orange jessamine), a small tree ranging from East Asia to Australasia.

noun

Pittosporum undulatum (sweet pittosporum), a small tree native to Australia.

Inflected Forms

mock oranges (plural)

Synonyms

philadelphus osage orange bow wood maclura pomifera cherry laurel laurel cherry wild orange prunus caroliniana

Questions

What does mock orange mean?: Any shrub of the genus Philadelphus, particularly Philadelphus coronarius (sweet mock orange).

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