桑橙

Osage orange \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}.


Bois d'arc \Bois" d'arc"\ [F., bow wood. So called because used
for bows by the Western Indians.] (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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