mock-orange vs syringa

mock-orange

noun
  • Philadelphus lewisii (Lewis' mock-orange), of western North America 

  • Pittosporum tobira, native to China, Japan, and Korea, and naturalized and cultivated elsewhere 

  • Bursaria spinosa (Australian blackthorn) 

  • especially, Philadelphus coronarius (sweet mock orange), widely cultivated 

  • Styrax americanus (American snowbell) 

  • Murraya paniculata (orange jessamine), a small tree ranging from East Asia to Australasia 

  • Maclura pomifera (Osage orange), of North America 

  • Pittosporum undulatum (sweet pittosporum), of Australia 

syringa

noun
  • Hence any of several flowering plants of the genus Philadelphus, such as now in the Western United States Philadelphus lewisii. 

  • Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Syringa, such as the lilacs. 

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