Osage orange
Also called bois d'arc, bowwood. a tree, Maclura pomifera, of the mulberry family, native to the south-central U.S., having hard, yellowish wood and often cultivated for hedges.
the round, rough-skinned, inedible fruit of this tree.
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How to use Osage orange in a sentence
The dyeing principle of the Osage orange wood was not used prior to the investigations conducted by the Laboratory.
Our National Forests | Richard H. Douai BoerkerHe walked on to the far corner of the osage-orange thicket, and stood there in the deepest part of the shadow.
The Open Question | Elizabeth RobinsShe seemed to be just sauntering about, occasionally kicking an Osage orange.
The Open Question | Elizabeth RobinsLieutenant Aldrich and the men with him, escaped through the friendly protection of an Osage orange grove.
Reminiscences of two years with the colored troops | Joshua M. AddemanSecond in preference to the hilltop outcrop as a house site was the base of an Osage orange tree in thick woods.
Ecological Observations on the Woodrat, Neotoma floridana | Henry S. Fitch
British Dictionary definitions for Osage orange
a North American moraceous tree, Maclura pomifera, grown for hedges and ornament
the warty orange-like fruit of this plant
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