strobus

strobus
n. m. (Junk/antique dealers' slang): 'White elephant', unsaleable item. (François Caradec's DICTIONNAIRE DU FRANÇAIS ASGOTIQUE ET POPULAIRE is the only work to formally lexicalize this otherwise seldom encountered word.)

Dictionary of Modern Colloquial French. 2013.

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  • Pinus Strobus — Pine Pine, n. [AS. p[=i]n, L. pinus.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See {Pinus}. [1913 Webster] Note: There are about twenty eight species in the United States, of which the {white pine} ({Pinus Strobus}), the {Georgia pine} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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