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laranja-de-osage

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.

laranja-de-osage
1
His favourite bow wood is osage orange, a tree brought to New Zealand by Amercian gold prospectors.
Radio NZ
2
They had abundance of ash and yew and these remained the good bow wood of all the time of archery.
The Story of Ab: A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man