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bois rouge Cdn French "red wood" Obs. 
a shrub, Cornus stolonifera, with conspicuous red stems, the inner bark of which was often used in the making of kinnikinik (def. 1).
See also: kinnikinik (def. 1) red-osier dogwood
- 1766-8 (1778) About all the great lakes is found a kind of willow, termed by the French, bois rouge, in English red wood.
- 1860 (1956) . . . then, a light red willow, called "bois rouge". . . .
- 1766-8 (1778) About all the great lakes is found a kind of willow, termed by the French, bois rouge, in English red wood.