boxwood

Meaning

Noun

  • The box tree, Buxus sempervirens.
  • The hard, close-grained wood of this tree, used in delicate woodwork and in making inlays.
  • Any tree of genus Buxus.

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Origin

  • From box + wood; box from Latin buxus, from Ancient Greek πύξος.

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