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noun
An Osage orange tree, of species Maclura pomifera, or wood of this tree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: bow-wood, bodark, bo'dark
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from French bois d'arc (“bow wood”). So called because it was used for bows by the Indians of western North America.
