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bowwood
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bowwood: see mulberry mulberry, common name for the Moraceae, a family of deciduous or evergreen trees and shrubs, often climbing, mostly of pantropical distribution, and characterized by milky sap. Several genera bear edible fruit, e.g.
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In Margo Dawley's "Remarkable Trees of Virginia," the Osage in Osage-orange should be capitalized because it is a Native American nation.
Complex issues, small fixes by Sternberg, Guy / American Forests
Dan Urbach Alaska Howard Burnett responds: The osage-orange (Maclura pomifera) is originally native to the mid-South but has been planted throughout the eastern United States.
Osage-orange in Alaska? by American Forests
Editor: The jury is still out on the age of the great osage-orange at the home of Patrick Henry, despite the intriguing article (Summer 2003) by Nancy Ross Hugo and the two increment cores taken by dendrochronologist Carolyn Copenheaver.
The mystery continues by Sternberg, Guy / American Forests
 
 
 
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