Osage orange

noun

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.

Origin of Osage orange

First recorded in 1810–20

Example sentences from the Web for osage orange

Almost dropping with fatigue, Rachel made her way to a pile of cracker-boxes by an Osage-orange hedge, on a knoll, and sat down.

The Red Acorn |John McElroy
Each had fed the leaves of the Osage-orange exclusively for the last two years, and with the best results.

Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884. |Various
He 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 Robins
Have a double row of locusts and Osage-orange hedge all around the orchard, and consider windbreaks a necessity.

The Apple |Various

The smallest of the children had tumbled head first into the osage-orange hedge, and could not get out.

Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for osage orange

Osage orange

noun

a North American moraceous tree, Maclura pomifera, grown for hedges and ornament

the warty orange-like fruit of this plant

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Osage orange

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British Dictionary definitions for osage orange

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