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box-elder

box-elder is the alternative spelling of box elder.

Meaning of box elder

Noun

box elder (countable and uncountable, plural box elders)

  1. Acer negundo, a North American maple.
    • We crossed during the morning a number of hollows, timbered principally with box elder, (acer negundo,) poplar, and elm.1845, J[ohn] C[harles] Frémont, Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-’44, Washington: Gales and Seaton...

Forms of box-elder

pluralbox-elders

Questions about box-elder

What is box-elder the alternative spelling of?
Box-elder is the alternative spelling of box elder.

Words near box-elder in the dictionary

  1. Box-Cox distribution
  2. box-cutter
  3. box-cutters
  4. box-drawing character
  5. box-drawing characters
  6. box-elder
  7. box-elders
  8. box-fresh
  9. box-like
  10. Box-Muller transform
  11. box-of-tricks

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