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Synonyms for osage-orange

Noun

1. osage orange, bow wood, mock orange, Maclura pomifera, angiospermous yellowwood
usage: 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
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