boojum

boo·jum

or boo·jum tree

noun

A deciduous tree (Fouquieria columnaris) native to northern Mexico and found chiefly in Baja California, having a thick tapering columnar trunk, slender spiny branches, and yellow flowers.

Origin of boojum

After the Boojum an imaginary character in the poem The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll

boojum

Fouquieria columnaris

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