mock orange

mock orange
    n 1: large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-
         white flowers in short terminal racemes [syn: {mock
         orange}, {syringa}, {Philadelphus coronarius}]
    2: shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States
       with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit [syn:
       {southern buckthorn}, {shittimwood}, {shittim}, {mock
       orange}, {Bumelia lycioides}]
    3: small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States
       [syn: {cherry laurel}, {laurel cherry}, {mock orange}, {wild
       orange}, {Prunus caroliniana}]
    4: 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 [syn: {osage orange}, {bow wood},
       {mock orange}, {Maclura pomifera}]
    

Orange \Or"ange\ ([o^]r"[e^]nj), n. [F.; cf. It. arancia,
   arancio, LL. arangia, Sp. naranjia, Pg. laranja; all fr. Ar.
   n[=a]ranj, Per. n[=a]ranj, n[=a]rang; cf. Skr. n[=a]ranga
   orange tree. The o- in F. orange is due to confusion with or
   gold, L. aurum, because the orange resembles gold in color.]
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   1. The fruit of a tree of the genus {Citrus} ({Citrus
      Aurantium}). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy
      carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery
      rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow
      when ripe.
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   Note: There are numerous varieties of oranges; as, the
         {bitter orange}, which is supposed to be the original
         stock; the {navel orange}, which has the rudiment of a
         second orange imbedded in the top of the fruit; the
         {blood orange}, with a reddish juice; and the {horned
         orange}, in which the carpels are partly separated.
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   2. (Bot.) The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree.
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   3. The color of an orange; reddish yellow.
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   {Mandarin orange}. See {Mandarin}.

   {Mock orange} (Bot.), any species of shrubs of the genus
      {Philadelphus}, which have whitish and often fragrant
      blossoms.

   {Native orange}, or {Orange thorn} (Bot.), an Australian
      shrub ({Citriobatus parviflorus}); also, its edible yellow
      berries.

   {Orange bird} (Zool.), a tanager of Jamaica ({Tanagra zena});
      -- so called from its bright orange breast.

   {Orange cowry} (Zool.), a large, handsome cowry ({Cypraea
      aurantia}), highly valued by collectors of shells on
      account of its rarity.

   {Orange grass} (Bot.), an inconspicuous annual American plant
      ({Hypericum Sarothra}), having minute, deep yellow
      flowers.

   {Orange oil} (Chem.), an oily, terpenelike substance obtained
      from orange rind, and distinct from neroli oil, which is
      obtained from the flowers.

   {Orange pekoe}, a kind of black tea.

   {Orange pippin}, an orange-colored apple with acid flavor.

   {Quito orange}, the orangelike fruit of a shrubby species of
      nightshade ({Solanum Quitoense}), native in Quito.

   {Orange scale} (Zool.) any species of scale insects which
      infests orange trees; especially, the purple scale
      ({Mytilaspis citricola}), the long scale ({Mytilaspis
      Gloveri}), and the red scale ({Aspidiotus Aurantii}).
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Mock \Mock\, a.
   Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed;
   sham.
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         That superior greatness and mock majesty. --Spectator.
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   {Mock bishop's weed} (Bot.), a genus of slender umbelliferous
      herbs ({Discopleura}) growing in wet places.

   {Mock heroic}, burlesquing the heroic; as, a mock heroic
      poem.

   {Mock lead}. See {Blende} (
   a ).

   {Mock nightingale} (Zool.), the European blackcap.

   {Mock orange} (Bot.), a genus of American and Asiatic shrubs
      ({Philadelphus}), with showy white flowers in panicled
      cymes. {Philadelphus coronarius}, from Asia, has fragrant
      flowers; the American kinds are nearly scentless.

   {Mock sun}. See {Parhelion}.

   {Mock turtle soup}, a soup made of calf's head, veal, or
      other meat, and condiments, in imitation of green turtle
      soup.

   {Mock velvet}, a fabric made in imitation of velvet. See
      {Mockado}.
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