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1. 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
   - bow wood, mock orange, Maclura pomifera

1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers; oil was found on Osage lands early in the 20th century
    
2. The Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Osage
    
3. A river in Missouri that is a tributary of the Missouri River
   - Osage River

Derived forms: Osages

Type of: angiospermous yellowwood, Dhegiha, river

Part of: Missouri, MO, Mo., Show Me State

Encyclopedia: Osage orange