Noun: bow wood
- 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-coloured wood used for bows by Native Americans; frequently planted as boundary hedge
"Farmers planted bow wood as living fences";
- osage orange, mock orange, Maclura pomifera
Derived forms: bow woods
Type of: angiospermous yellowwood
Encyclopedia: Bow wood