Associations to the word «Bois»

Wiktionary

BOIS, proper noun. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Désiré Georges Jean Marie Bois (1856-1946).
BOIS D'ARC, noun. The osage orange.
BOIS DURCI, noun. A hard, polishable composition of fine sawdust and blood, formerly used for making household items.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats