Definitions
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- noun Any of many
shrubs of the genusPhiladelphus 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
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Late in the afternoon, I went out to dig up the dead mock-orange shrub.
Haunted Honeymoon Marta Acosta 2010
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“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
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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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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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They had halted by the wild overgrown mock-orange hedge that marked the MacIntosh property.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
strategery commented on the word mock-orange
Philadelphus
November 9, 2009