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- proper noun A
botanical plant nameauthor abbreviation forbotanist Désiré Georges Jean Marie Bois (1856-1946).
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Examples
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(There are excellent accounts of this by Yve-Alain Bois and Harry Cooper.)
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(There are excellent accounts of this by Yve-Alain Bois and Harry Cooper.)
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She has a very bad cold, and Monsieur Du Bois is so hoarse, he can hardly speak.
Evelina: or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World
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On August 14, 1791, a group of houngans“voodoo priests”, led by a former slave houngan named Boukman, made a pact at a place called Bois Caïman.
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On August 14, 1791, a group of houngans“voodoo priests”, led by a former slave houngan named Boukman, made a pact at a place called Bois Caïman.
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On August 14, 1791, a group of houngans“voodoo priests”, led by a former slave houngan named Boukman, made a pact at a place called Bois Caïman.
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Today I tried SL Miel de Bois, which is a dead ringer for some honey I bought recently in a pharmacy in Chiasso, CH.
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I have been working my way through a case of the 1998 Lirac Cuvée de la Reine des Bois, which is still a young wine.
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I have been working my way through a case of the 1998 Lirac Cuvée de la Reine des Bois, which is still a young wine.
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I have been working my way through a case of the 1998 Lirac Cuvée de la Reine des Bois, which is still a young wine.
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