Definition of osage orange Osage orange
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What does osage orange mean?
WordNet
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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; its hard orange-colored wood used for bows by Native Americans; frequently planted as boundary hedge | ||
| bow wood, mock orange, Maclura pomifera | ||
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Wiktionary 
- osage orange (Noun)
The tree Maclura pomifera, noted for its large, dense, wrinkly, bright green and unpalatable fruit, once a popular hedge tree in the United States. - osage orange (Noun)
The fruit of this tree.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- 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.
