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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

boo′jum tree′

Plant Biologya tree, Idria columnaris, native to Baja California, having spreading spiny branches, deciduous leaves, and yellow flowers. Also called cirio.

after the boojum, an imaginary creature invented by Lewis Carroll in the poem The Hunting of the Snark (1876) 1960–65

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