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Osage orange

Osage orange Meaning & Definition
Osage orange Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Osage orange?

[n] 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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Osage orange: bow wood | Maclura pomifera | mock orange

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See Also | angiospermous yellowwood

Osage orange In Webster's Dictionary

\O"sage or"ange\ (Bot.) An ornamental tree of the genus {Maclura} ({M. 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}.

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