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In addition, drought conditions have weakened fast-growing trees such as sugar maples, box elders and willows, which are most prone to losing limbs.
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Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024
In addition, drought conditions have weakened fast-growing trees such as sugar maples, box elders, willows which are most prone to losing limbs, Megna said.
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Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2024
Some of the trees, a mix of black walnut, oak and box elder, are more than 80 years old, Hart said.
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Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2023
Taller trees — box elder, ash, cottonwood, walnut and sycamore — shaded the area.
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The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2023
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First Known Use
1787, in the meaning defined above
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“Box elder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/box%20elder. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
box elder
noun
: a North American maple with compound leaves
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