OSAGE ORANGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does osage orange mean? 

• OSAGE ORANGE (noun)
  The noun OSAGE ORANGE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: OSAGE ORANGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OSAGE ORANGE (noun)

Sense 1

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bow wood; Maclura pomifera; mock orange; osage orange

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

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