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  • proper noun A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Désiré Georges Jean Marie Bois (1856-1946).

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Examples

  • (There are excellent accounts of this by Yve-Alain Bois and Harry Cooper.)

    James Elkins: How to Look at Mondrian James Elkins 2010

  • (There are excellent accounts of this by Yve-Alain Bois and Harry Cooper.)

    James Elkins: How to Look at Mondrian James Elkins 2010

  • 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 1778

  • 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.

    Angels of a Lower Flight Susie Scott Krabacher 2007

  • 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.

    Angels of a Lower Flight Susie Scott Krabacher 2007

  • 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.

    Angels of a Lower Flight Susie Scott Krabacher 2007

  • Today I tried SL Miel de Bois, which is a dead ringer for some honey I bought recently in a pharmacy in Chiasso, CH.

    Luctor and Don't Emergo Marina Geigert 2007

  • 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.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • 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.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • 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.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

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