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☆ bol·son (bōl sōn′, bōl′sōn′)

noun

in the SW U.S., a flat desert valley surrounded by mountains and draining into a shallow lake in the center

Etymology: AmSp bolsón < Sp, lit., big purse < bolsa, purse < ML bursa: see bourse

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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