macled (makld)

[ Maclura (mak-lö'rä), n. [NL. (Nuttall, 1818), named after W. Maclure: see Maclurites.] 1. A genus of plants of the order Urticaceæ, the nettle family, the tribe Moreæ, and the subtribe Brous sonetieæ, thus closely related to the mulberry. It is characterized by the pistillate flowers having a four parted perianth and growing in quite large heads, and the staminate flowers in short, loose racemes; the fruit is multiple, composed of many small achenia packed closely upon globose, rather fleshy receptacle, resem Shape-bietherarty green orange. There is but a single species, M. aurantiaca, the Osage orange, a native of Arkansas and adjacent regions in the United States. It is a spreading