osage orange

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Definition of osage orange in English English dictionary: The fruit of this tree; The tree Maclura pomifera, noted for its large, dense, wrinkly, bright green and unpalatable fruit, once a popular hedge tree in the United States; A dioecious spiny tree (Maclura pomifera) native to Arkansas and Texas and having pulpy, inedible, orangelike multiple fruit; The tree was first found in the country of the Osage Indians, and bears a hard and inedible fruit of an orangelike appearance; aurantiaca), closely allied to the mulberry (Morus); also, its fruit; See Bois d'arc; 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; An ornamental tree of the genus Maclura M
The Osage orange: bodock