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  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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