DCHP-3

bois blanc

Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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basswood or whitewood, Tilia americana.

Quotations

1800
My men brought a raft of flooring wood of bois blanc split.
1860
A peculiar Indian mode of cooking turtle is as follows: They thrust a piece of "bois blanc" into the mouth. This wood, when young, contains a sweet and pleasantly tasting pith, of which they also make a soup.