DCHP-3

bois d'arc

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the Osage orange, Maclura pomifera, used by plains Indians for making bows, and by settlers for hedges.

Quotations

1858
[He was] armed with his bow from the bois d'arc. . . .
1953
Only a few plants were tried on a large scale, among them . . . the Osage orange, or bois d'arc, so called because the Indians used it for making their bows.