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- proper noun A
botanical plant nameauthor abbreviation forbotanist Harry Bolus (1834-1911).
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Examples
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We passed many shallow creekes, but the first we found Nauigable for a ship, we called Bolus, for that the clay in many places vnder the clifts by the high water marke, did grow vp in red and white knots as gum out of trees; and in some places so participated together as though they were all of one nature, excepting the coulour, the rest of the earth on both sides being hard sandy grauell, which made vs thinke it Bole-Armoniack and Terra sigillata.
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This was a small shop called Bolus, run by a stout Asian man with a chilly manner.
Portobello Ruth Rendell 2010
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Once the meter displays a BG number, if you want to deliver a BG bolus then you have to push the "Bolus" selection then the "ezBG" choice.
Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes - A Community for People Touched by Diabetes 2009
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Once the meter displays a BG number, if you want to deliver a BG bolus then you have to push the "Bolus" selection then the "ezBG" choice.
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This looks like a totally new form of propulsion, and the traffic powered by it uses the Bolus Reach for navigation.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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Some of our favorite domestic producers are Carlisle, Copain, Ojai, Holus Bolus, Novy, Arcadian, Qupe, Ramey … to name just a few.
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On the other side of the black hole in the Bolus Reach.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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This looks like a totally new form of propulsion, and the traffic powered by it uses the Bolus Reach for navigation.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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On the other side of the black hole in the Bolus Reach.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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In Bolus 'comments section, someone said Tony Orlando's "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" belongs on the list, and I agree.
Boing Boing 2008
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