boojum tree
[ boo-juh m ]
/ ˈbu dʒəm /
noun
a tree, Idria columnaris, native to Baja California, having spreading spiny branches, deciduous leaves, and yellow flowers.
Also called
cirio.
Origin of boojum tree
1960–65; after the
boojum, an imaginary creature invented by Lewis Carroll in the poem
The Hunting of the Snark (1876)
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boohai,
boohoo,
boojum tree,
book,
book bag,
book burning,
book club,
book end