mock orange

noun

1. 1

   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

2. 2

   small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States

3. 3

   shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit

4. 4

   large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes