r/whatisit • u/deen0verdunya • 1d ago

New, what is it? What is this?

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It was the size of my palm and pretty circular. I’m in SW Missouri. I feel like it’s a silly simple answer but I don’t think I’ve seen anything like this before.
Thanks everyone!

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u/Gold_Signature1912 1d ago

The name Bois d'Arc comes from a French phrase meaning "bow-wood," which refers to the Osage orange tree (Maclura pomifera). You’ll hear a lot of the backwoods folks in the Ozarks call it Bodark…..

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u/AStormofSwines 1d ago

I recently moved to Texas and came across this term. I'm very glad I asked someone how to say it before I outed myself as the biggest Yankee ____ they'd ever seen.

I saved that for when there were multiple raffles with a gun as the prize.