buckthorn vs mock orange

mock orange vs buckthorn

buckthorn and mock orange both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
buckthorn	Yes	No	No	No
mock orange	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mock orange is a hyponym of buckthorn; that is, mock orange is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than buckthorn:

buckthorn: any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia
mock orange: shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit

Other hyponyms of buckthorn include Bumelia lycioides, shittim, shittimwood, southern buckthorn, black haw, Bumelia lanuginosa, chittamwood, chittimwood, false buckthorn, shittimwood.

buckthorn (noun)	mock orange (noun)
any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia	large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes
a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments	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
an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions	shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit
	small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States

Difference between buckthorn and mock orange

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