Noun

• 1. large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes

• 2. shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit

• 3. small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States

• 4. 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