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Definition of Boojum
1. Noun. (physics) A geometric pattern sometimes observed on the surface of superfluid helium-3 ¹
2. Noun. (botany) A species of tree (''Fouquieria columnaris'') native to Baja California, Mexico. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Boojum
1. a spiny desert tree [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boojum
Literary usage of Boojum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Walks and Rides in the Country Round about Boston: Covering Thirty-six by Edwin Munroe Bacon (1898)
"Embraces Bear's Den, boojum Rock, Jerry Jingle Notch, Hemlock Pool, Shiner Pool,
... boojum ..."
2. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1900)
"The boojum consists of a series of large oval bodies, connected by a rope-like axis.
* * Kuch of its larger segments is nearly filled with a gelatinous ..."
3. The Flotation Process, Comp. and Ed. by T. A. Rickard by Mining and Scientific Press (1916)
"It is all very well to say that a snark is a boojum, if you first define your
boojum; but when you scratch the boojum and find the same old snark the ..."
4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"But oh, beamish nephew! beware of the day If your Snark be a boojum! For then
You will softly and suddenly vanish away, And never be met with again! ..."
5. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
"For my part, I suspect your Prince met a boojum. ... "No, he didn't meet a boojum,"
she returned. "He went to England, and set up for an author. ..."
6. The Yellow Book (1896)
"For my part, I suspect your Prince met a boojum. I love to listen to stories.
... No, he didn't meet a boojum. He went to England, and set up for an author. ..."
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