box elder en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Acer negundo, a North American maple.
The little valleys nestling along the streams are diversified by bordering willows, clumps of box elder, and small groves of cottonwood.
1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 32: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, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 21:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| box-elder | alternative | lexicographic | |
| boxelder | alternative | lexicographic | |
| box elders | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (10)
ca auró americà (Acer negundo) · eu lizar-astigar (Acer negundo) · es acezintle (Acer negundo) · es negundo (Acer negundo) · fi saarnivaahtera (Acer negundo) · ca negundo (Acer negundo) · pl klon jesionolistny (Acer negundo) · es arce negundo (Acer negundo) · ca auró de fulla de freixe (Acer negundo) · nv sóól (Acer negundo)