Osage orange
noun
: an ornamental usually thorny U.S. tree (Maclura pomifera) of the mulberry family with shiny ovate leaves and hard bright orange wood
also
: its yellowish-green globose fruit
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Nearby, a bulldozer cleared ground for new homes not far from a Osage orange tree, a stately hardwood where Hurd once crashed his bicycle as a boy.
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Dianne Solis, Dallas News, 3 May 2023
Pity the poor Osage orange tree.
—Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
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Dianne Solis, Dallas News, 3 May 2023
Pity the poor Osage orange tree.
—Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
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“Osage orange.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Osage%20orange. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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