Search Result for "maclura aurantiaca":

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Osage orange \O"sage or"ange\ (Bot.) An ornamental tree of the genus Maclura (Maclura 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bois d'arc \Bois" d'arc"\ [F., bow wood. So called because used for bows by the Western Indians.] (Bot.) The Osage orange (Maclura aurantiaca). [1913 Webster] The bois d'arc seems to be the characteristic growth of the black prairies. --U. S. Census (1880). [1913 Webster]