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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bois d'arc  Bot. The Osage orange (Maclura aurantiaca).
    The bois d'arc seems to be the characteristic growth of the black prairies.   --U. S. Census (1880).