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  • They were come by now to a long bent of the forest well grown with big-boled oak-trees, not very close together, so that short fine greensward was all underneath them; and Habundia went heedfully from bole to bole, as if she would be ready to cover herself if need were; and

    The Water of the Wondrous Isles 2007

  • There are some general trends in forest characteristics with increasing elevation: decreasing stature, fewer straight unbranched and boled trees, less stratification, more epiphytes, more bryophytes and lichens, a better developed and more diverse herb layer, and floristic changes.

    Madagascar lowland forests 2007

  • Large-boled trees and thick underbrush lined both sides of the climbing path.

    Genellan- Planetfall Gier, Scott 2005

  • Instead of sprouting from bushes, the profusion of lavender and cerise, pink and turquoise, white and metallic gold blooms sprouted from the branches of pale-boled trees that twisted their way skyward like spiral bouquets.

    Flinx's Folly Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003

  • Pip and Scrap remained on shore, coiled up next to each other in the crook of a blue-boled tree, their forms nearly lost among the blossoms.

    Flinx's Folly Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003

  • The city of Trehaug was located amongst the branches of the huge-boled trees.

    Ship Of Destiny Hobb, Robin 2000

  • Birds nested in every one of the small-boled trees, and water-loving lizards and terrapins came ashore to lay their eggs.

    Into the Thinking Kingdoms Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1999

  • Fat-boled trees were green from root-clusters to crowns.

    Time Streams King, J. Robert 1999

  • Birds nested in every one of the small-boled trees, and water-loving lizards and terrapins came ashore to lay their eggs.

    Into the Thinking Kingdoms Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1999

  • Green crowns burst from the tops of three gen'tly curving, blue-black boled trees.

    The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

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