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mock-orange

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  1. Any of many shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white, fragrant flowers, for which they are cultivated outside their natural range: especially, Philadelphus coronarius (sweet mock orange), widely cultivated
  2. Any of many shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white, fragrant flowers, for which they are cultivated outside their natural range: Philadelphus lewisii (Lewis' mock-orange), of western North America
  3. Any of several similar but not closely related plants: Bursaria spinosa (Australian blackthorn)
  4. Any of several similar but not closely related plants: Maclura pomifera (Osage orange), of North America
  5. Any of several similar but not closely related plants: Murraya paniculata (orange jessamine), a small tree ranging from East Asia to Australasia
  6. Any of several similar but not closely related plants: Pittosporum tobira, native to China, Japan, and Korea, and naturalized and cultivated elsewhere
  7. Any of several similar but not closely related plants: Pittosporum undulatum (sweet pittosporum), of Australia
  8. Any of several similar but not closely related plants: Styrax americanus (American snowbell)
  9. Any shrub of the genus Philadelphus, particularly Philadelphus coronarius (sweet mock orange).
  10. Bursaria spinosa (Australian blackthorn), a small tree from Australia.
  11. Choisya ternata (Mexican orange), an aromatic shrub native to North America.
  12. Maclura pomifera (Osage orange), a small tree from North America.
  13. Murraya paniculata (orange jessamine), a small tree ranging from East Asia to Australasia.
  14. Pittosporum undulatum (sweet pittosporum), a small tree native to Australia.

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