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 "
1 Other fairly hardy and drought-resistant trees are osage orange and Russian mulberry.
2 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.
1 There were fig-trees, persimmons, mock orange , and shrubs ablaze with blossoms.
2 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 .
5 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.
1 His favourite bow wood is osage orange, a tree brought to New Zealand by Amercian gold prospectors.
2 They had abundance of ash and yew and these remained the good bow wood of all the time of archery.
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