DCHP-3

bois tors

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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bittersweet, a climbing shrub, Celastrus scandens.

Quotations

1801
There is also an abundance of bois tors . . . a short shrub that winds up the stocks of larger trees; the wood is soft and spongy, with a thick bark, which is often eaten by the natives in time of famine.
1860
They have . . . a creeping plant, called by the Canadians "bois tors". . . .They smoke the bark. . . .