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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



... o'clock we were ordered to the attack. We had to pass through an osage orange hedge that was worse than the enemy's fire. Their breastworks were before us. We yelled, and charged, and hurrahed, and said booh! booh! we're coming, coming, look out, don't you see us coming? Why don't you let us hear the cannon's opening roar? Why don't you rattle ...
— "Co. Aytch" - Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment - or, A Side Show of the Big Show • Sam R. Watkins



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



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