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WILD ORANGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wild orange mean?
• WILD ORANGE (noun)
The noun WILD ORANGE has 2 senses:
1. small fast-growing spiny deciduous Chinese orange tree bearing sweetly scented flowers and decorative but inedible fruit: used as a stock in grafting and for hedges
2. small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States
Familiarity information: WILD ORANGE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small fast-growing spiny deciduous Chinese orange tree bearing sweetly scented flowers and decorative but inedible fruit: used as a stock in grafting and for hedges
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Poncirus trifoliata; trifoliata; trifoliate orange; wild orange
Hypernyms ("wild orange" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Holonyms ("wild orange" is a member of...):
genus Poncirus; Poncirus (one species: trifoliate orange)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cherry laurel; laurel cherry; mock orange; Prunus caroliniana; wild orange
Hypernyms ("wild orange" is a kind of...):
angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)
Holonyms ("wild orange" is a member of...):
genus Prunus; Prunus (a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions)
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