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osage orange

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English

Syllables
os-age o-r-ange
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

The fruit of this tree.

noun

Alternative form of Osage orange.

Inflected Forms

Osage oranges (plural) osage-orange (alternative)

Synonyms

bodark bois d'arc hedge tree hedgeapple bow wood mock orange maclura pomifera

Questions

What does osage orange mean?
The tree Maclura pomifera, noted for its large, dense, wrinkly, bright green and unpalatable fruit, once a popular hedge tree in the United States.

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