boxwood.
The box tree, Buxus sempervirens.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
From box + wood; box from Latin buxus (“box-tree, object made of boxwood”), of uncertain origin; compare Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos).
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