A small spiny North American deciduous tree which bears inedible green orange-like fruit. Its durable yellowish-orange wood was formerly used by North American Indians for bows and other weapons.
柘橙
Maclura pomifera, family Moraceae
Example sentencesExamples
Probably one of the most common questions I hear is ‘Is it okay to make a bow from a wood other than yew or Osage orange?’
It was very prosaic-no trees except a few around the farmhouse and a row of Osage oranges that farmers planted as a fence line 100 years ago.
These extinct American herbivores once dispersed the seeds of such big-fruited plants as honey locust, Kentucky coffee tree, and Osage orange, all of which produce fruits that no native animal today regards as food.
Another very interesting member of the mulberry family is the Osage orange (Maclura pomifera).
Connie Barlow writes that the Osage orange tree is rare.
Definition of Osage orange in US English:
Osage orange
noun
A small spiny North American deciduous tree which bears inedible green orange-like fruit. Its durable yellowish-orange wood was formerly used by North American Indians for bows and other weapons.
柘橙
Maclura pomifera, family Moraceae
Also called bowwood
Example sentencesExamples
Another very interesting member of the mulberry family is the Osage orange (Maclura pomifera).
It was very prosaic-no trees except a few around the farmhouse and a row of Osage oranges that farmers planted as a fence line 100 years ago.
Connie Barlow writes that the Osage orange tree is rare.
These extinct American herbivores once dispersed the seeds of such big-fruited plants as honey locust, Kentucky coffee tree, and Osage orange, all of which produce fruits that no native animal today regards as food.
Probably one of the most common questions I hear is ‘Is it okay to make a bow from a wood other than yew or Osage orange?’