- Philadelphus coronarius
- Mock Mock, a.
Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed;
sham.
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That superior greatness and mock majesty. --Spectator. [1913 Webster]
{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. {Philadelphus 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}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
