Osage orange

Meaning

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

Synonyms

mock orange

bois d’arc

Maclura pomifera

bow wood

wild orange

hedge-apple

apple and orange tree

hedge osage

hedgeapple

horse-apple

orangelike maclura

osage apple

wellow wood

North American bow-wood

Osage-orange

Translations

Maclura pomifera

Indianer-Milchorange

Milchorange

Osage-Orangenbaum

Osagedorn

Oranger des Osages

bois d’arc

oranger des Osages

Maclura

Maclura aurantiaca

Toxylon pomiferum

Osagedoorn

Laranja-de-osage

toronja

maclura