Maclura pomifera

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Maclura pomifera - 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

bow wood, osage orange, mock orange

angiospermous yellowwood - any of various angiospermous trees having yellow wood

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angiospermous yellowwood bow wood mock orange Osage orange			FAMILY NAMES Maclura pomifera of the Family Moraceae OTHER NAMES Osage orange, bois d'arc, bodark, bowdark, bow wood, hedge apple, mock orange, prairie hedgeplant, yellowwood, Osage HEIGHT/WEIGHT Can grow as tall as 60 feet with an average weight of 48. Osage orange made its name as bow wood by Kaiser, Jo-Ann / Wood & Wood Products Maclura pomifera and Robinia pseudoacacia) that are very common. The vascular flora and vegetational communities of Lick Creek Summit ... by Ruch, Donald G.; Torke, Byron G.; Badger, Kemuel S.; Hess, Benjamin R.; Christian, Brook N.; Rothroc / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science Contains some residual Maclura pomifera, early stage infestation by Alliaria petiolata, and a major park trail and boat ramp. An evaluation of Indiana's Floristic Quality Assessment by Homoya, Michael A. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science			mackerel shad mackerel shark mackerel sky Mackerras Mackinac Mackinac Bridge Mackinac Island mackinaw Mackinaw blanket Mackinaw boat Mackinaw coat Mackinaw trout Mackinder Mackintosh mackle Maclaurin's series macle Maclean Macleaya Macleaya cordata Macled MacLeish MacLennan Macleod Maclura Maclura pomifera Maclurea Maclurin Macmahon Macmillan MacNeice Macon Mâcon Maconchy maconnais Macoun Macowanites Macowanites americanus Macpherson Macquarie macr- macrame macramé Macrame lace Macready Macrencephalic macrencephalous macrencephaly macro macro instruction macro lens			Macled Macled MacLeish MacLeish, Archibald MacLennan MacLennan, Hugh Macleod Macleod Macleod Macleod equation Macleod, Fiona Macleod, Henry Dunning Macleod, J J R Macleod, John James Rickard Macleod, John James Rickard Macleod, John James Rickard MacLeod, Mary Macleod, Norman MacLeod, Sir George macles macles MACLIC MacLink Plus Maclise, Daniel Maclisp MACLO MACLOS MACLT Maclura Maclura Maclura pomifera Maclure Maclurea Maclurin MACM MACMA MacMahon MacMahon Macmahon, Arthur W. MacMahon, Marie Edmé Patrice de Macmahon, Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de Macmahon, Marie Edmé Patrice Maurice de MACMAME Macmansion Macmanus, Arthur MACMC MACMHB MACMHP MacMichael degree Macmillan Macmillan Macmillan Macmillan Computer Publishing Macmillan English Dictionary Online Macmillan National Institute of Education MacMillan technique Macmillan, (Maurice) Harold, 1st earl of Stockton Macmillan, (Maurice) Harold, 1st earl of Stockton Macmillan, Daniel and Alexander

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