devil's wood

[trans. of Cdn F bois de diable]

Obs.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the vine maple of British Columbia, Acer circinatum. Also called mountain maple.

Quotations

1833

"the Govr. pointed out to me a tall slender tree having a profusion of large syngenesious flowers called here Devil's Wood."