box tree

See also: boxtree

English

Noun

box tree (plural box trees)

1. (botany) Any of several trees, of the genus Buxus, often used as a hedge and as a source of boxwood
2. (botany) Any trees of diverse species in Lophostemon, Eucalyptus, or other genera native to Australia.

Synonyms

• box
• boxwood

 

Hypernyms

• tree

Translations

tree of the genus Buxus

• Estonian: pukspuu
• Finnish: puksipuu (fi)
• French: buis (fr) m
• Georgian: ბზა (ka) (bza)
• German: Buchsbaum (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: πύξος f (púxos)

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• Old English: box m, boxtrēow n
• Persian: شمشاد (fa) (šemšâd)
• Portuguese: buxo (pt) m
• Spanish: boj (es) m
• Swedish: buxbom (sv) c
• Welsh: bocyswydden (cy)

References

• box tree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Buxus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies