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Meanings of bow wood in English
Portuguese
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.
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Examples for "osage orange"
Examples for "osage orange"
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Other fairly hardy and drought-resistant trees are osage orange and Russian mulberry.
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It also occasionally attacks black walnut, butternut, mulberry and osage orange.
3
Can the Navel orange be grafted on the osage orange?
4
The osage orange is not an orange at all.
5
We had to pass through an osage orange hedge that was worse than the enemy's fire.
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There were fig-trees, persimmons, mock orange, and shrubs ablaze with blossoms.
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This is true of grapes, quince, hybrid perpetual roses, shrubby hibiscus, crape myrtle, mock orange, hydrangea (paniculata), and others.
3
The sweet smell of mallow and mock orange flowers wafted through the byways, perfuming the cobblestone lanes sweeter than a baby's breath.
4
In the foyer and dining room and kitchen, the air swims with the scent of phantom flowers, shimmering with sweet, heavy mock orange.
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The sense of peace the poet feels in her garden with its mock orange and sky-blue delphiniums is warming, but her fire has gone.
Usage of bow wood in English
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His favourite bow wood is osage orange, a tree brought to New Zealand by Amercian gold prospectors.
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They had abundance of ash and yew and these remained the good bow wood of all the time of archery.