box elder
noun
a North American maple, Acer negundo, having light gray-brown bark, pinnate, coarsely toothed leaves, and dry, winged fruit, cultivated as a shade tree, and yielding a light, soft wood used in making furniture, woodenware, etc.
Origin of box elder
An Americanism dating back to 1780–90
Words nearby box elder
box chronometer,
box coat,
box column,
box cornice,
box cutter,
box elder,
box frame,
box girder,
box gutter,
box huckleberry,
box iron
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British Dictionary definitions for box elder
box elder
noun
a medium-sized fast-growing widely cultivated North American maple, Acer negundo, which has compound leaves with lobed leaflets
Also called: ash-leaved maple