See Also: GROS BOIS, or GROSSE BOIS(law)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Bois d'arc(medicine)
bois d'arc(dictionary)
Bois D' Arc - Archery(gambling)
coureur de bois(encyclopedia)
bois durci(medicine)
Bois de Boulogne(encyclopedia)
Bois (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
pian bois(medicine)

Bois d'arc (medicine)


bois d'arc
<botany> The Osage orange (Maclura aurantiaca). "The bois d'arc seems to be the characteristic growth of the black prairies." (U. S. Census (1880))

Origin: F, bow wood. So called because used for bows by the Western Indians.

Source: Websters Dictionary