hedge apple

noun

, Midland U.S.

1. osage orange.

Example Sentences

A hedge apple fallen on a car’s hood is “not the body / of a green, malignant thought, neither omen nor even / punishment for our evening’s joy.”

From The New Yorker

A hedge apple fallen on a car’s hood is “not the body / of a green, malignant thought, neither omen nor even / punishment for our evening’s joy.”

From The New Yorker

He cradled the hedge apple gently in his hands.

From Literature

He curled the hedge apple behind him and let it fly a little harder than planned, knocking the smaller jack out of the circle.

From Literature

One day, I was walking up Main Street, caught up in my own little contest of tossing a hedge apple into the air and catching it, hoping to count to two hundred catches without dropping.

From Literature