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bois d'arc

[boh dahrk]
–noun, plural bois d'arcs, bois d'arc. Louisiana French.
Osage orange (def. 1).

Origin:
1795–1805, Americanism; < LaF: lit., bow wood

Osage orange

–noun
1. Also called bois d'arc, bowwood. a tree, Maclura pomifera, of the mulberry family, native to the south-central U.S., having hard, yellowish wood and often cultivated for hedges.
2. the round, rough-skinned, inedible fruit of this tree.

Origin:
1810–20
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