Canadian English Meaning of osage orange

Osage orange

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osage orange (n)

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

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osage orange ()

An ornamental tree of the genus Maclura (M. aurantiaca), closely allied to the mulberry (Morus); also, its fruit. The tree was first found in the country of the Osage Indians, and bears a hard and inedible fruit of an orangelike appearance. See Bois d'arc.

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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; i

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osage => osage, os zygomaticum => Zygomatic bone, os triquetrum => Triquetral bone, os trapezoideum => Trapezium bone, os trapezium => Trapezium bone,