meaning of osage
1. 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 darc.
2. the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Osage people
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osage | osage orange | osage river | osages |
