Synonyms for osage orange
os·age or·ange

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1. osage orangenoun

   Synonyms:
   cumball tree, hedge tree, hedgeapple, bodark, cumball

2. osage orangenoun

   The tree Maclura pomifera, noted for its large, dense, wrinkly, bright green and unpalatable fruit, once a popular hedge tree in the United States.

   Synonyms:
   cumball tree, bodark, hedge tree, cumball, hedgeapple

3. osage orangenoun

   The fruit of this tree.

   Synonyms:
   hedge tree, cumball tree, cumball, bodark, hedgeapple

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1. osage orange, bow wood, mock orange, Maclura pomiferanoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   bow wood, wild orange, mock orange, cherry laurel, southern buckthorn, laurel cherry, syringa, shittim, shittimwood

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1. • Angiospermous Yellowwood

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