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box elders

box elders is the plural 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...

Questions about box elders

What is box elders the plural of?
Box elders is the plural of box elder.

Words near box elders in the dictionary

  1. box cutters
  2. box elder
  3. Box Elder County
  4. box elder maple
  5. box elder maples
  6. box elders
  7. box file
  8. box files
  9. box girder
  10. box girders
  11. box Harry

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