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Osage orange   /oʊsˈeɪdʒ ˈɔrəndʒ/   Listen
Osage orange

noun
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.  Synonyms: bow wood, Maclura pomifera, mock orange.






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"Osage orange" Quotes from Famous Books



... had advanced to attack it in the battle. Portions of the second line of works close to the Carter house and the retrenchment across the Columbia road had been levelled, but the principal defences were as we had left them. The osage orange-trees which we had used for abatis had been evenly cut away by the bullets, and the tough fibres hung in a fringe of white strings, the upper line quite even, and just a little lower than the top of the parapet. ...
— Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V2 • Jacob Dolson Cox



Words linked to "Osage orange" :   bow wood, mock orange, angiospermous yellowwood



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