Osage orangen.

Brit.

/əʊˈseɪdʒ ˌɒrᵻn(d)ʒ/,

/ˌəʊseɪdʒ ˈɒrᵻn(d)ʒ/, U.S.

/ˈoʊˌseɪdʒ ˈɔrəndʒ/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Osage adj., orange n.¹

Etymology: < Osage adj. + orange n.¹

A small thorny tree, Maclura pomifera (family Moraceae), native to Arkansas and northern Texas, which bears inedible green orange-like fruit, yields durable orange-coloured wood formerly used for bows and other weapons, and has been much used for hedging in the United States. Also: the fruit or wood of this tree. Cf. Maclura n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [noun] > Osage orange

mock orange1814

Osage orange1817

Maclura1818

Osage1884

1817 J. Bradbury Trav. Amer. 160 (note) It bleeds an acrid milky juice when wounded, and is called by the hunters the Osage orange.

1838 H. W. Ellsworth Valley Upper Wabash v. 52 These fences, whose tops are covered with a luxuriant growth of the wild locust hawthorn, or Osage Orange.

1891 Harper's Mag. Sept. 579/2 There was a hedge of Osage Orange on one side of the yard.

1910 Science 15 Apr. 585/2 Osage orange endures hail better than any other of the broadleaved trees.

1949 Amer. Midland Naturalist 42 228 Salado Creek is usually dry, but along its course is a continuous stand of elm, hackberry, osage orange, and other trees.

1970 New Yorker 28 Feb. 41/2 When we were little..we could bowl the Osage oranges down.

1990 Pract. Woodworking Mar. 86/4 (advt.) Exotic and home grown timbers... Spanish Olive... Osage Orange... Palmwood.

Compounds

General attributive, as Osage orange hedge, Osage orange plant, Osage orange tree, etc.

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1846 D. J. Browne Trees Amer. 465 (heading) The Osage Orange-Tree.

1857 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1856–7 2 23 The practicability of successfully cultivating the Osage Orange plant into a protective hedge.

1859 R. B. Marcy Prairie Traveler i. 26 Wheels made of the bois d'arc, or Osage-orange wood, are the best for the plains, as they shrink but little.

1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 245 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The Osage orange thorn..appears to be a more promising material for hedges than any other upon which experiments have been made.

1890 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 60 We had three miles of osage orange hedges.

1940 E. Fergusson Our Southwest ix. 157 Mrs. Hayden found a stately adobe house with water piped in, an osage orange hedge around an orchard.

1981 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 71 505 That spring D. C. and T. N. Sanders, as agents of the Illinois firm, advertised Osage orange plants.

1998 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 31 May 36/3 Barbed wire was meant to substitute for the prickly limbs of the slow-growing Osage orange hedgerows once planted in Midwestern states.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	osage orange
释义	Osage orangen. Brit. /əʊˈseɪdʒ ˌɒrᵻn(d)ʒ/, /ˌəʊseɪdʒ ˈɒrᵻn(d)ʒ/, U.S. /ˈoʊˌseɪdʒ ˈɔrəndʒ/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Osage adj., orange n.¹ Etymology: < Osage adj. + orange n.¹ A small thorny tree, Maclura pomifera (family Moraceae), native to Arkansas and northern Texas, which bears inedible green orange-like fruit, yields durable orange-coloured wood formerly used for bows and other weapons, and has been much used for hedging in the United States. Also: the fruit or wood of this tree. Cf. Maclura n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [noun] > Osage orange mock orange1814 Osage orange1817 Maclura1818 Osage1884 1817 J. Bradbury Trav. Amer. 160 (note) It bleeds an acrid milky juice when wounded, and is called by the hunters the Osage orange. 1838 H. W. Ellsworth Valley Upper Wabash v. 52 These fences, whose tops are covered with a luxuriant growth of the wild locust hawthorn, or Osage Orange. 1891 Harper's Mag. Sept. 579/2 There was a hedge of Osage Orange on one side of the yard. 1910 Science 15 Apr. 585/2 Osage orange endures hail better than any other of the broadleaved trees. 1949 Amer. Midland Naturalist 42 228 Salado Creek is usually dry, but along its course is a continuous stand of elm, hackberry, osage orange, and other trees. 1970 New Yorker 28 Feb. 41/2 When we were little..we could bowl the Osage oranges down. 1990 Pract. Woodworking Mar. 86/4 (advt.) Exotic and home grown timbers... Spanish Olive... Osage Orange... Palmwood. Compounds General attributive, as Osage orange hedge, Osage orange plant, Osage orange tree, etc. ΚΠ 1846 D. J. Browne Trees Amer. 465 (heading) The Osage Orange-Tree. 1857 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1856–7 2 23 The practicability of successfully cultivating the Osage Orange plant into a protective hedge. 1859 R. B. Marcy Prairie Traveler i. 26 Wheels made of the bois d'arc, or Osage-orange wood, are the best for the plains, as they shrink but little. 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 245 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The Osage orange thorn..appears to be a more promising material for hedges than any other upon which experiments have been made. 1890 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 60 We had three miles of osage orange hedges. 1940 E. Fergusson Our Southwest ix. 157 Mrs. Hayden found a stately adobe house with water piped in, an osage orange hedge around an orchard. 1981 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 71 505 That spring D. C. and T. N. Sanders, as agents of the Illinois firm, advertised Osage orange plants. 1998 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 31 May 36/3 Barbed wire was meant to substitute for the prickly limbs of the slow-growing Osage orange hedgerows once planted in Midwestern states. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1817
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