OSAGE ORANGE

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Meaning:

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; osage orange

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("osage orange" is a kind of...):

angiospermous yellowwood (any of various angiospermous trees having yellow wood)

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