Found 2 items, similar to osage orange.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: osage orange
osage orange
n : 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 [syn:
bow wood,
mock orange
,
Maclura pomifera]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Osage orange
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.
[1913 Webster]