horseapple
English
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horse apple (fruit)
Wikispecies
Alternative forms
- horse-apple, horse apple
Etymology
From horse + apple.
Noun
horseapple (plural horseapples)
- The large, wrinkled, inedible fruit of the American tree Maclura pomifera.
- A tree of this species.
Synonyms
- (fruit): bodark, bois d'arc, hedgeapple, hedge-apple, osage orange, osage-orange
- (tree): bodark, bois d'arc, hedge tree, osage orange, osage-orange
Translations
inedible fruit of the American tree Maclura pomifera
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tree of the species Maclura pomifera
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