Bois d'arc

Bois· d'arc

Bois d'arc

[F., bow wood. So called because used for bows by the Western Indians.]

The Osage orange (Maclura aurantiaca). (Bot.)
The bois d'arc seems to be the characteristic growth of the black prairies.
— U. S. Census (1880).

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