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Definition of Maclura pomifera
1. Noun. Small shrubby deciduous yellowwood tree of south central United States having spines, glossy dark green leaves and an inedible fruit that resembles an orange; its hard orange-colored wood used for bows by Native Americans; frequently planted as boundary hedge.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maclura Pomifera
Literary usage of Maclura pomifera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1907)
"maclura pomifera (RAF.) SCHN-EIDER.— In the May issue of RHODORA (ix. 91) I noted
the fact that the Osage Orange, a common hedge plant of the Middle West ..."
2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"maclura pomifera (Raf. ex Sarg.) Schneid. Osage-orange Deciduous tree Roadsides,
fencerows and abandoned pastures. ..."
3. Trees in Winter: Their Study, Planting, Care and Identification by Albert Francis Blakeslee, Chester Deacon Jarvis (1913)
"The Osage Orange [maclura pomifera (Raf.) Schneider], sometimes grown in hedges,
has unbranched thorns generally present at all the nodes, ..."
4. Botany for Secondary Schools: A Guide to the Knowledge of the Vegetation of by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1913)
"maclura pomifera. stigmas, the ovary ripening into an achene, the whole flower-cluster
becoming fleshy and ripening into an orange-like mass. ..."
5. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy: Intended for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"... plant (Ficus elastica) and the osage orange (maclura pomifera). Upon making
a microscopic mount of the latex of the leaves of the common cultivated FiG. ..."
6. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy for Students of Pharmacy, and by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"... as in the black mulberry (Morus nigra), the fig (Ficus Carica), the common
rubber plant (Ficus elastica) and the osage orange (maclura pomifera). ..."
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