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- proper noun A
botanical plant nameauthor abbreviation forbotanist Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810-1885).
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Examples
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Hordeum ithaburense, Boiss., grows wild in many districts of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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The box tree does not grow in Palestine, and indeed the Bible nowhere intimates this, but it mentions the box tree of Lebanon, Buxus longifolia, Boiss., and that imported from the islands of the Mediterranean.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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G. atroviolaceus, Boiss., are indigenous in the Holy Land; Iris sari,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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