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bois d'arc Cdn French "bow wood" Hist. 
the Osage orange, Maclura pomifera, used by plains Indians for making bows, and by settlers for hedges.
- 1858 (1860) [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.
- 1858 (1860) [He was] armed with his bow from the bois d'arc. . . .