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bow wood - 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

Maclura pomifera, osage orange, mock orange

angiospermous yellowwood - any of various angiospermous trees having yellow wood

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