Osage orange

Osage orange

n.

A dioecious spiny tree (Maclura pomifera) native to Arkansas and Texas and having pulpy, inedible, orangelike multiple fruit.

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Osage orange

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a North American moraceous tree, Maclura pomifera, grown for hedges and ornament

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the warty orange-like fruit of this plant

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

osage orange - 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, Maclura pomifera, mock orange angiospermous yellowwood - any of various angiospermous trees having yellow wood