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philadelphus |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mock \Mock\, a. Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham. That superior greatness and mock majesty. --Spectator. {Mock bishop's weed} (Bot.), a genus of slender umbelliferous herbs ({Discopleura}) growing in wet places. {Mock heroic}, burlesquing the heroic; as a mock heroic poem. {Mock lead}. See {Blende} ( a ). {Mock nightingale} (Zo["o]l.), the European blackcap. {Mock orange} (Bot.), a genus of American and Asiatic shrubs ({Philadelphus}), with showy white flowers in panicled cymes. {P. coronarius}, from Asia, has fragrant flowers; the American kinds are nearly scentless. {Mock sun}. See {Parhelion}. {Mock turtle soup}, a soup made of calf's head, veal, or other meat, and condiments, in imitation of green turtle soup. {Mock velvet}, a fabric made in imitation of velvet. See {Mockado}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: philadelphus n : 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
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