bodark

English

Alternative forms

• bo'dark

Etymology

From bois d'arc.

Noun

bodark (plural bodarks)

1. (Canada, US) The Osage orange tree or its wood.
   • 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 17:

     It was a bo’dark sapling I had found in my travels.