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(noun) large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes |
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Synonyms: Philadelphus coronarius, syringa |
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Related Words: philadelphus |
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(noun) small shrubby deciduous yellowwood tree of south central United States having spines, glossy dark green leaves and inedible orangelike fruit; its hard orange-colored wood used for bows by native Americans; frequently planted as boundary hedge |
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Synonyms: Maclura pomifera, bow wood, osage orange |
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Related Words: angiospermous yellowwood |
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(noun) small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States |
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Synonyms: Prunus caroliniana, cherry laurel, laurel cherry, wild orange |
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Related Words: angiospermous tree, flowering tree |
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(noun) shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit |
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Synonyms: Bumelia lycioides, shittim, shittimwood, southern buckthorn |
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Related Words: buckthorn |
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