The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bois d'arc \Bois" d'arc"\ [F., bow wood. So called because used for bows by the Western Indians.] (Bot.) The Osage orange ( Maclura aurantiaca).
The bois d'arc seems to be the characteristic growth of
the black prairies.
--U. S. Census
(1880).
[1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
n. The osage orange.
Wikipedia
Bois d'arc commonly refers to a small tree, Maclura pomifera, also known as the Osage-orange.
Bois d'arc may also refer to:
Usage examples of "bois d'arc".
Once he led her on a long walk, scrambling through the rugged bois d'arc to a little valley covered with thousands of monarchs.
The powerful recurved bow came up, stave creaking as he drew to the ear - ninety pounds draw, horn and sinew and wood of the bois d'arc tree.