Definition of Osage

Noun: osage orange

  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
Noun: Osage  ow'seyj or 'ow,seyj
  1. A river in Missouri that is a tributary of the Missouri River
    - Osage River
     
  2. 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
     
  3. The Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Osage

See also:
os
Osaka

Anagrams containing the word osage

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