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- n. Any of many shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white, fragrant flowers, for which they are cultivated outside their natural range.
- n. Any of several similar but unrelated plants such as syringa
Examples
““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.”
“Late in the afternoon, I went out to dig up the dead mock-orange shrub.”
“They had halted by the wild overgrown mock-orange hedge that marked the MacIntosh property.”
“Here loomed up the dark bulk of the mock-orange hedge that marked the beginning of the MacIntosh property.”
“There were thickets of lilac and mock-orange bushes around every house, and old-fashioned lilies and roses growing half-wild along the fences.”
Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887
“Borders of box lined the graveled walks and encircled beautiful flower shrubs, or clusters of japonica, of manifold hues; the mock-orange, the lilac and magnolia tree were blooming luxuriantly, and grew to a remarkable height.”
“A broad walk ran from the house to the lower garden, which was divided from the other by a thick-set hedge of mock-orange: in this garden was another walk bordered by olives.”
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science
“Often, long after midnight, the red glow from his office lamp, shining over the mock-orange hedge in front of his dwelling, told of unremitting strain.”
Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death
“The Fifteenth Regiment met a heavy obstruction, a mock-orange hedge, and it was just after passing this obstacle that Colonel Dessausure fell.”
“I forget her as she stood there, her hand trembling in mine at the strangeness of the situation, her cheeks flushed with excitement, her lips quivering as she made the responses, the slanting sunbeams kissing her hair and brow and the fragrant, snowy petals of the mock-orange falling about her.”
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