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boxelder

boxelder is the alternative form 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 boxelder

pluralboxelders

Words formed from boxelder

  • boxelder bug

Questions about boxelder

What is boxelder the alternative form of?
Boxelder is the alternative form of box elder.

Words near boxelder in the dictionary

  1. boxed standards
  2. boxed the compass
  3. boxed the Jesuit
  4. boxed up
  5. boxel
  6. boxelder
  7. boxelders
  8. boxels
  9. boxen
  10. boxer
  11. boxer briefs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boxelder (page history and authors); box elder (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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