Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bois d'arc

/ˈboʊˌdɑɹk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English

Syllables: bois d'arc
IPA: /ˈboʊˌdɑɹk/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Osage orange tree, of species Maclura pomifera, or wood of this tree.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The bois d'arc seems to be the characteristic growth of the black prairies."
"Eliza liked to be able to get up from her bed or the little chair from her former apartment and climb the two steps into the bluecarpeted livingroom and be able to see the bois d’arcs standing sturdily along the line of the front walk."
"We carried the big ohapuupi seeds with us, planting them anywhere they might grow, and as this had been done by the various tribes for hundreds or maybe thousands of years, bois d'arc trees were found all along the plains."

Etymology

Borrowed from French bois d'arc (“bow wood”). So called because it was used for bows by the Indians of western North America.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: bois d'arc

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈboʊˌdɑɹk/

Usage

Inflected Forms

bois d'arcs (plural)

Synonyms

bow-wood bodark bo'dark

Homonyms

bodark

Questions

How do you pronounce bois d'arc?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈboʊˌdɑɹk/.
What does bois d'arc mean?: An Osage orange tree, of species Maclura pomifera, or wood of this tree.
Where does bois d'arc come from?: It is traced to French.

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