Search Result for "maclura pomifera":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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;
[syn: osage orange, bow wood, mock orange, Maclura pomifera]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Maclura pomifera n 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 [syn: osage orange, bow wood, mock orange, Maclura pomifera]