Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mock \Mock\, a.
Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed;
sham.
That superior greatness and mock majesty. --Spectator.
{Mock bishop's weed} (Bot.), a genus of slender umbelliferous
herbs ({Discopleura}) growing in wet places.
{Mock heroic}, burlesquing the heroic; as, a mock heroic
poem.
{Mock lead}. See {Blende} (
a ).
{Mock nightingale} (Zo["o]l.), the European blackcap.
{Mock orange} (Bot.), a genus of American and Asiatic shrubs
({Philadelphus}), with showy white flowers in panicled
cymes. {P. coronarius}, from Asia, has fragrant flowers;
the American kinds are nearly scentless.
{Mock sun}. See {Parhelion}.
{Mock turtle soup}, a soup made of calf's head, veal, or
other meat, and condiments, in imitation of green turtle
soup.
{Mock velvet}, a fabric made in imitation of velvet. See
{Mockado}.
Orange \Or"ange\, n. [F.; cf. It. arancia, arancio, LL. arangia,
Sp. naranjia, Pg. laranja; all fr. Ar. n[=a]ranj, Per.
n[=a]ranj, n[=a]rang; cf. Skr. n[=a]ranga orange tree. The o-
in F. orange is due to confusion with or gold, L. aurum,
because the orange resembles gold in color.]
1. The fruit of a tree of the genus {Citrus} ({C.
Aurantium}). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy
carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery
rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow
when ripe.
Note: There are numerous varieties of oranges; as, the
{bitter orange}, which is supposed to be the original
stock; the {navel orange}, which has the rudiment of a
second orange imbedded in the top of the fruit; the
{blood orange}, with a reddish juice; and the {horned
orange}, in which the carpels are partly separated.
2. (Bot.) The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree.
3. The color of an orange; reddish yellow.
{Mandarin orange}. See {Mandarin}.
{Mock orange} (Bot.), any species of shrubs of the genus
{Philadelphus}, which have whitish and often fragrant
blossoms.
{Native orange}, or {Orange thorn} (Bot.), an Australian
shrub ({Citriobatus parviflorus}); also, its edible yellow
berries.
{Orange bird} (Zo["o]l.), a tanager of Jamaica ({Tanagra
zena}); -- so called from its bright orange breast.
{Orange cowry} (Zo["o]l.), a large, handsome cowry
({Cypr[ae]a aurantia}), highly valued by collectors of
shells on account of its rarity.
{Orange grass} (Bot.), an inconspicuous annual American plant
({Hypericum Sarothra}), having minute, deep yellow
flowers.
{Orange oil} (Chem.), an oily, terpenelike substance obtained
from orange rind, and distinct from neroli oil, which is
obtained from the flowers.
{Orange pekoe}, a kind of black tea.
{Orange pippin}, an orange-colored apple with acid flavor.
{Quito orange}, the orangelike fruit of a shrubby species of
nightshade ({Solanum Quitoense}), native in Quito.
{Orange scale} (Zo["o]l.) any species of scale insects which
infests orange trees; especially, the purple scale
({Mytilaspis citricola}), the long scale ({M. Gloveri}),
and the red scale ({Aspidiotus Aurantii}).
Source : WordNet®
mock orange
n 1: large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant
creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes [syn: {syringa},
{Philadelphus coronarius}]
2: shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States
with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit [syn:
{southern buckthorn}, {shittimwood}, {shittim}, {Bumelia
lycioides}]
3: small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States
[syn: {cherry laurel}, {laurel cherry}, {wild orange}, {Prunus
caroliniana}]
4: 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 [syn: {osage orange},
{bow wood}, {Maclura pomifera}]