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[syn: osage orange, bow wood, mock orange, Maclura pomifera]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Osage orange \O"sage or"ange\ (Bot.)
An ornamental tree of the genus Maclura (Maclura
aurantiaca), closely allied to the mulberry (Morus); also,
its fruit. The tree was first found in the country of the
Osage Indians, and bears a hard and inedible fruit of an
orangelike appearance. See Bois d'arc.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
osage orange
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]