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
| bow wood |
noun |
| 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 [syn: osage orange] |
