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Meanings of mock orange in inglês
Small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States.
português
laranja-de-osage 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.
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Examples for "osage orange"
Examples for "osage orange"
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Other fairly hardy and drought-resistant trees are osage orange and Russian mulberry.
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It also occasionally attacks black walnut, butternut, mulberry and osage orange.
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Can the Navel orange be grafted on the osage orange?
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The osage orange is not an orange at all.
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We had to pass through an osage orange hedge that was worse than the enemy's fire.
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His favourite bow wood is osage orange, a tree brought to New Zealand by Amercian gold prospectors.
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They had abundance of ash and yew and these remained the good bow wood of all the time of archery.
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syringa Large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes.
Shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit.
Usage of mock orange in inglês
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There were fig-trees, persimmons, mock orange, and shrubs ablaze with blossoms.
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This is true of grapes, quince, hybrid perpetual roses, shrubby hibiscus, crape myrtle, mock orange, hydrangea (paniculata), and others.
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The sweet smell of mallow and mock orange flowers wafted through the byways, perfuming the cobblestone lanes sweeter than a baby's breath.
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In the foyer and dining room and kitchen, the air swims with the scent of phantom flowers, shimmering with sweet, heavy mock orange.
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The sense of peace the poet feels in her garden with its mock orange and sky-blue delphiniums is warming, but her fire has gone.
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Mock orange is not herbaceous, because it has a woody stem.
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We take our choice today between finding deer-brush and digging for amole, because the mock oranges aren't ripe enough to be nice and soapy yet.
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The Carpenteria is nearly related to the Mock Orange (Philadelphus), grows about 10 feet in height, with lithe and slender branches, and light gray leaves.