单词 | mock orange |
释义 | mock orangen. 1. a. Any of various shrubs of the genus Philadelphus (family Hydrangeaceae), resembling the sweet orange ( Citrus sinensis) in their white or cream-coloured, usually fragrant flowers; esp. P. coronarius (also called syringa), which is native to Europe and south-west Asia and is widely cultivated for its fragrant flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > lilac and allied trees > syringal mock orange pipe1597 pipe tree1629 syringa1664 mock orange1731 seringa1740 Philadelphus1754 Scotch lilac1759 orange-flower tree1877 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I Syringa..The Mock-Orange; vulgo. 1797 Bot. Mag. 11 391 The Philadelphus coronarius is one of the most common shrubs of our gardens, and known to most persons by the name of Mock-orange, the blossoms in point of scent being supposed to have some affinity with those of the orange. 1858 J. A. Warder Hedges & Evergreens 46 The most rapid growth for a tall screen will be furnished by the mock-orange. 1900 W. Robinson Eng. Flower Garden (ed. 8) 711/2 P. coronarius is the common European Mock Orange. 1942 L. R. Tehon Fieldbk. Native Illinois Shrubs 89 The mock oranges are branching shrubs. 1987 C. Lloyd Year at Great Dixter 124 Much of the garden is filled with the scent of honeysuckles..but as the day warms up, Philadelphus, the mock oranges, are apt to take over. b. A North American cherry laurel, Prunus caroliniana. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > prunus trees or shrubs > [noun] plumc1400 black plum1629 prunus1706 Portugal laurel1731 mock orange1766 wild orange1802 Versailles laurel1882 1766 W. Stork Bartram's Jrnl. 9 in Acct. E. Florida There is an evergreen sort of this Bird or Cluster-Cherry, which..from the beauty of its evergreen shining leaves is called the Mock-orange. 1860 M. A. Curtis Woody Plants N. Carolina 57 Mock Orange... It is very extensively cultivated about houses, either singly or as borders and hedges. 1964 J. M. Kingsbury Poisonous Plants U.S. 368 Southern mock orange..is considered toxic in Louisiana. 1969 T. H. Everett Living Trees of World xx. 172/1 Known as wild-orange and mock-orange, it [sc. Prunus caroliniana] has creamy white flowers and glossy black fruits. c. U.S. The Osage orange, Maclura pomifera. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [noun] > Osage orange mock orange1814 Osage orange1817 Maclura1818 Osage1884 1814 H. M. Brackenridge Views Louisiana i. v. 59 There is particularly one very beautiful, bois jaune, or yellow wood: by some called the mock orange. 1897 G. B. Sudworth Nomencl. Arborescent Flora U.S. 190 Toxylon pomifera. Osage Orange. Mock Orange (La.). 1944 Bull. Alabama Geol. Surv. No. 53. 93 Maclura aurantiaca,..known as Osage orange, mock orange, or bois d'arc.., is supposed to be native near the Red River in Oklahoma and Texas. d. U.S. regional. Either of two North American trees of the genus Styrax (snowbell trees), S. grandifolia and S. americana. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [noun] > other North American trees or shrubs black-gum1709 white gum1709 red fir1722 Quebec oak1768 Pennsylvania fir tree1770 Pennsylvania dwarf mountain maple1785 Pennsylvania mountain laurel1785 pepperbush1785 pepperbush1785 southern pine1796 titi1827 palo blanco1829 mock orange1860 palo fierro1860 mountain laurel1866 Joshua1867 red cedar1872 porkwood1884 guajillo1886 mountain balm1924 1860 M. Curtis Catal. Plants N. Carolina 101 Mock Orange (Styrax grandifolia..). The flowers are from 15 to 20 on loose nodding racemes, white, very fragrant. 1953 W. F. Greene & H. L. Blomquist Flowers of South 95 A more common species is S[tyrax] americana, often called ‘Mock-Orange’, which occurs along stream banks and in swamps of the Coastal Plain. 1979 G. Ajilvsgi Wild Flowers 14 Some of the understory plants of these quiet, watery places are water elm..and mock-orange (Styrax americana). e. Australian. Any of several pittosporums with fragrant white flowers, esp. Pittosporum undulatum and P. tobira. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > other Australasian trees or shrubs burrawang1826 water gum1826 kaikomako1832 karaka1834 kawa-kawa1838 peppermint1838 bottle tree1844 ngaio1849 Grevillea1853 red birch1853 wooden pear1860 muskwood1866 sugar-tree1866 tulip-tree1866 hop-bush1883 mock orange1884 mountain beech1884 sage tree1884 tile-seed1884 mutton-bird scrub1889 red birch1889 silver-tree1889 whalebone-tree1889 budda1890 camphor laurel1894 pepperbush1895 mustard bush1898 willow myrtle1898 pigeon wood1899 horizontal scrub1909 turkey-bush1911 pandani1923 mock orange1929 1884 A. Nilson Timber Trees New S. Wales 138 Mock Orange, Pittosporum undulatum. 1898 E. E. Morris Austral. Eng. 298/2 Mock-Orange, An Australian tree, i.q. Native Laurel. 1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 881/2 Pittosporum Tobira... Japanese p[ittosporum], Australian laurel, mock orange..fls. white to lemon-yellow, fragrant. 1989 L. Cronin Conc. Austral. Flora 139 Pittosporum undulatum, Sweet Pittosporum. Mock Orange. f. Any of several Australasian trees of the genus Murraya (family Rutaceae), with fragrant white flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > other Australasian trees or shrubs burrawang1826 water gum1826 kaikomako1832 karaka1834 kawa-kawa1838 peppermint1838 bottle tree1844 ngaio1849 Grevillea1853 red birch1853 wooden pear1860 muskwood1866 sugar-tree1866 tulip-tree1866 hop-bush1883 mock orange1884 mountain beech1884 sage tree1884 tile-seed1884 mutton-bird scrub1889 red birch1889 silver-tree1889 whalebone-tree1889 budda1890 camphor laurel1894 pepperbush1895 mustard bush1898 willow myrtle1898 pigeon wood1899 horizontal scrub1909 turkey-bush1911 pandani1923 mock orange1929 1929 M. C. Neal Honolulu Gardens (ed. 2) 167 Mock orange..(Murraya exotica). 1988 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 21 May (Weekend Suppl.) 19/4 Murraya paniculata, or mock orange, is a rival for the real orange blossom, the fragrance of which is enjoyed worldwide. 1990 Sunday Sun (Brisbane) 28 Jan. (Suppl.) 44/3 Murrayas are commonly called mock orange because their flowers smell like orange blossoms. 2. U.S. regional. Any of various plants with fruits resembling the orange; esp. the Missouri gourd, Cucurbita foetidissima. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible gourds > gourd plant > types of anguria1753 mock orange1897 1897 M. E. Parsons Wild Flowers Calif. 117 Mock-orange. Gourd... Cucurbita foetidissima... When the gourds are ripe, these vines look like the dumping-ground for numerous poor, discarded oranges. 1947 L. S. M. Curtin Healing Herbs of Upper Rio Grande 46 The gourds it produces..resemble spilled oranges—which perhaps accounts for the popular name of ‘mock orange’ given it in California. 1988 K. Whealy Garden Seed Inventory (ed. 2) 407 Mock Orange, Calabazilla..yellow round hard-shelled 3 in. fruits,..grows wild in South-west and Mexico. CompoundsGeneral attributive. mock orange blossom n. ΚΠ 1869 Harper's Mag. Aug. 355 Those mock-orange blossoms, with their faint, sickly smell. 1994 Church Times 12 Aug. 14/4 Another path is blocked by the weight of mock-orange blossom pulling the branches to the ground. mock orange bush n. ΚΠ 1882 Harper's Mag. Nov. 925/1 The front door and the short path to the gateway are effectually barricaded by a thicket of mock-orange and lilac bushes. 1973 M. R. Crowell Greener Pastures 58 The little birds rocket over the mock-orange bushes. mock orange flower n. ΚΠ 1850 Beck's Florist July 171 Here's snowballs, and waxberries, and mock-orange flowers, and lilacs. 1990 J. Hodgins Innocent Cities xi. 114 The stark white mock-orange flowers. mock orange hedge n. ΚΠ 1893 New Eng. Mag. July 572 Their nests and little ones are..found..in the mock orange hedges or lofty trees near the habitation of man. 1974 A. Dillard Pilgrim at Tinker Creek xiii. 227 I can see in the fading light the jagged holes in the leaves of the mock-orange hedge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1731 |
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