Bois d'Arc

Bois d'Arc (sometimes corrupted into BODOCK), also Bow-wood, or Osage-orange (Maclura aurantiaca), a tree belonging to the Artocarpacææ, sub-order Moracææ, is a native of the Southern United States. Its large beautiful orange-like fruits are scarcely eatable, but its spines make it useful as a hedge plant. Its wood is strong, and hard, and elastic, and hence was used by the Indians in the manufacture of their bows.