Meaning of bois d'arc | Babel Free

Definitions

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

countable, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

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