[ noun ] (botany) small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States

[ noun ] (botany) shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit

[ noun ] (botany) large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes

[ noun ] (botany) small shrubby deciduous yellowwood tree of south central United States having spines, glossy dark green leaves and an inedible fruit resembing an orange; its hard orange-colored wood used for bows by native Americans; frequently planted as boundary hedge