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Maclura
(gcide) | Maclura \Maclura\, prop. n. (Bot.)
A genus of plants including the yellowwood trees and shrubs.
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maclura
(wn) | Maclura
n 1: yellowwood trees or shrubs [syn: Maclura, {genus
Maclura}] |
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Maclura aurantiaca
(gcide) | Osage orange \O"sage or"ange\ (Bot.)
An ornamental tree of the genus Maclura ({Maclura
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 d'arc.
[1913 Webster]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).
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The bois d'arc seems to be the characteristic growth of
the black prairies. --U. S. Census
(1880).
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Maclura tinctoria
(gcide) | Fustic \Fus"tic\, n. [F. fustoc, Sp. fustoc. Cf. Fustet.]
The wood of the Maclura tinctoria, a tree growing in the
West Indies, used in dyeing yellow; -- called also {old
fustic}. [Written also fustoc.]
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Note: Other kinds of yellow wood are often called fustic; as
that of species of Xanthoxylum, and especially the
Rhus Cotinus, which is sometimes called young fustic
to distinguish it from the Maclura. See Fustet.
[1913 Webster]Morintannic \Mo`rin*tan"nic\, a. [NL. Morus fustic + E. tannic.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, a variety of tannic acid
extracted from fustic (Chlorophora tinctoria, formerly
Maclura tinctoria and Morus tinctoria) as a yellow
crystalline substance; -- called also maclurin.
[1913 Webster]Morin \Mo"rin\, n. (Chem.)
A yellow crystalline substance (C15H10O7) of acid
properties extracted from fustic (Chlorophora tinctoria
syn. Maclura tinctoria, formerly called Morus tinctoria);
-- called also moric acid and natural yellow 8. It is
used as a dye for wool, giving a color from lemon yellow
through olive to olive brown, depending on the metal with
which it is mordanted.
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Pteroplatea Maclura
(gcide) | Ray \Ray\, n. [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. Roach.] (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order
Raiae, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.
(b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat,
narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See
Skate.
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Bishop ray, a yellow-spotted, long-tailed eagle ray
(Aetobatus narinari syn. Stoasodon narinari) of the
Southern United States and the West Indies; also called
the spotted eagle ray and white-spotted eagle ray.
Butterfly ray, a short-tailed American sting ray
(Pteroplatea Maclura), having very broad pectoral fins.
Devil ray. See Sea Devil.
Eagle ray, any large ray of the family Myliobatidae, or
Aetobatidae. The common European species ({Myliobatis
aquila}) is called also whip ray, and miller.
Electric ray, or Cramp ray, a torpedo.
Starry ray, a common European skate (Raia radiata).
Sting ray, any one of numerous species of rays of the
family Trygonidae having one or more large, sharp,
barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also
stingaree.
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genus maclura
(wn) | genus Maclura
n 1: yellowwood trees or shrubs [syn: Maclura, {genus
Maclura}] |
maclura
(wn) | Maclura
n 1: yellowwood trees or shrubs [syn: Maclura, {genus
Maclura}] |
maclura pomifera
(wn) | Maclura pomifera
n 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-colored wood used for bows by Native Americans;
frequently planted as boundary hedge [syn: osage orange,
bow wood, mock orange, Maclura pomifera] |
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