boxwood

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Etymology

box +‎ wood. box from Latin buxus (“box-tree, object made of boxwood”), from Ancient Greek πύξος (puxos, “box tree, boxwood”)

Noun

boxwood (countable and uncountable; plural boxwoods)

1. (countable, uncountable) The box tree, Buxus sempervirens.
2. (uncountable) The hard, close-grained wood of this tree, used in delicate woodwork and in making inlays
3. (countable, uncountable) Any tree of genus Buxus.

Synonyms

• (Buxus sempervirens): common box, European boxwood

Translations

Buxus sempervirens

• Dutch: buxus (nl), buksboom (nl)
• Estonian: pukspuu (et)
• Finnish: isopuksipuu (fi)
• French: buis (fr) m
• German: Buchsbaum (de) m, Buchs (de) m

• Manx: foiee kishtey (gv) m
• Polish: bukszpan (pl) m
• Spanish: boj (es) m
• Swedish: buxbom (sv) c

the hard, close-grained wood of this tree

• Dutch: buxushout (nl), palmhout (nl)
• Estonian: pukspuupuit (et)
• Finnish: puksipuu (fi)
• German: Buchsbaumholz (de) n

• Manx: foiee kishtey (gv) m
• Polish: bukszpan (pl) m
• Spanish: boj (es) m

any tree of genus Buxus

Anagrams

• woodbox