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bois_d'arc

bois d'arc

English

Noun

bois d'arc

  1. The osage orange.
    • 1880, US Census
      The bois d'arc seems to be the characteristic growth of the black prairies.

Etymology

Borrowing from French bois d'arc ‎(“bow wood”). So called because used for bows by the Western Indians.

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