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.
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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).
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