Definitions

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  • noun Any of many shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white, fragrant flowers, for which they are cultivated outside their natural range.
  • noun Any of several similar but unrelated plants such as syringa

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Examples

  • Late in the afternoon, I went out to dig up the dead mock-orange shrub.

    Haunted Honeymoon Marta Acosta 2010

  • “You like this room because it faces out to the garden,” he said, and, indeed, the view out the window of the garden was charming except for a dead mock-orange.

    Haunted Honeymoon Marta Acosta 2010

  • They had halted by the wild overgrown mock-orange hedge that marked the MacIntosh property.

    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

  • They had halted by the wild overgrown mock-orange hedge that marked the MacIntosh property.

    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

  • Here loomed up the dark bulk of the mock-orange hedge that marked the beginning of the MacIntosh property.

    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

  • Here loomed up the dark bulk of the mock-orange hedge that marked the beginning of the MacIntosh property.

    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

  • Here loomed up the dark bulk of the mock-orange hedge that marked the beginning of the MacIntosh property.

    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

  • Here loomed up the dark bulk of the mock-orange hedge that marked the beginning of the MacIntosh property.

    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

  • They had halted by the wild overgrown mock-orange hedge that marked the MacIntosh property.

    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

  • They had halted by the wild overgrown mock-orange hedge that marked the MacIntosh property.

    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

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  • Philadelphus

    November 9, 2009