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BOOJUM TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does boojum tree mean? 

BOOJUM TREE (noun)
  The noun BOOJUM TREE has 1 sense:

1. candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowersplay

  Familiarity information: BOOJUM TREE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOOJUM TREE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

boojum tree; cirio; Fouquieria columnaris; Idria columnaris

Hypernyms ("boojum tree" is a kind of...):

candlewood (any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light)

Holonyms ("boojum tree" is a member of...):

Fouquieria; genus Fouquieria (resinous succulent trees or shrubs of desert and semidesert regions of southwestern United States that are leafless most of the year)


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