Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
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 hedge;
[syn: osage orange, bow wood, mock orange, Maclura pomifera]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Maclura pomifera
n 1: 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 hedge [syn: osage orange,
bow wood, mock orange, Maclura pomifera]