English Dictionary: osage orange | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Osage orange \O"sage or"ange\ (Bot.) An ornamental tree of the genus {Maclura} ({M. aurantiaca}), closely allied to the mulberry ({Morus}); also, its fruit. The tree was first found in the country of the Osage Indians, and bears a hard and inedible fruit of an orangelike appearance. See {Bois d'arc}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Oxycrate \Ox"y*crate\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?][?][?];[?][?][?][?] acid + [?][?][?][?] to mix: cf. F. oxycrat.] (med.) A Mixture of water and vinegar. --Wiseman. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ozocerite \O`zo*ce"rite\, n. [Gr. 'o`zein to smell + [?] wax.] (Min.) A waxlike mineral resin; -- sometimes called {native paraffin}, and {mineral wax}. |