philadelphus vs mock orange

mock orange vs philadelphus

philadelphus and mock orange both are nouns.

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

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

philadelphus: any of various chiefly deciduous ornamental shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white sweet-scented flowers, single or in clusters; widely grown in temperate regions
mock orange: large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes

Other hyponyms of philadelphus include Philadelphus coronarius, syringa.

philadelphus (noun)	mock orange (noun)
any of various chiefly deciduous ornamental shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white sweet-scented flowers, single or in clusters; widely grown in temperate regions	large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes
	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
	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 philadelphus and mock orange

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.