boojum


boo·jum

or boo·jum tree B0390100 (bo͞o′jəm)n. A deciduous tree (Fouquieria columnaris) native to northern Mexico and found chiefly in Baja California, having a thick tapering columnar trunk, slender spiny branches, and yellow flowers.
[After the Boojum, an imaginary character in the poem The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll.]

boojum

(ˈbuːdzəm) na geometric pattern found on the surface of helium-3a species of tree native to Mexico