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osage orange

O·sage or·ange
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [oh-seyj, oh-seyj awr-inj, or-]
    • /ˈoʊ seɪdʒ, oʊˈseɪdʒ ˈɔr ɪndʒ, ˈɒr-/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [oh-seyj, oh-seyj awr-inj, or-]
    • /ˈoʊ seɪdʒ, oʊˈseɪdʒ ˈɔr ɪndʒ, ˈɒr-/

Definitions of osage orange words

  • noun osage orange Also called bois d'arc, bowwood. a tree, Maclura pomifera, of the mulberry family, native to the south-central U.S., having hard, yellowish wood and often cultivated for hedges. 1
  • noun osage orange the round, rough-skinned, inedible fruit of this tree. 1
  • noun osage orange a North American moraceous tree, Maclura pomifera, grown for hedges and ornament 0
  • noun osage orange the warty orange-like fruit of this plant 0
  • noun osage orange a small thorny tree (Maclura pomifera) of the mulberry family, with hard, yellow wood, native to the central U.S. and often used for hedges 0
  • noun osage orange its greenish-yellow, orange-shaped, inedible fruit 0

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Origin of osage orange

First appearance:

before 1810
One of the 40% newest English words
First recorded in 1810-20

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Parts of speech for Osage orange

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

osage orange popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 66% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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