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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 hedgesplay

2. small flowering evergreen tree of southern United Statesplay

  Familiarity information: WILD ORANGE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WILD ORANGE (noun)


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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