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quent references to the use of the heavy, tough wood of this tree for bows by Native Americans. The French name for the tree is “bois d’arc.” From Americans attempting to pronounce and spell this, one gets to “bodark” or “bodak.”
Initially, I had assumed the common name, Osage Orange, referred to the resemblance of the fruits to oranges. (Osage, of course, comes from the Osage Indians that inhabited the areas where this tree grew naturally.) I am not sure now. The wood is bright orange in color, is two times as hard and two and a half times as strong as that of the white oak, and is the source of a yellow, orange-yellow, or golden dye.
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