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Boxwood

name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A locality in the Rural City of Benalla and the City of Greater Shepparton, north eastern Victoria, Australia.
Noun
  1. 1
    The box tree, Buxus sempervirens. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    evergreen shrubs or small trees wordnet
  3. 3
    The hard, close-grained wood of this tree, used in delicate woodwork and in making inlays. uncountable
  4. 4
    very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks wordnet
  5. 5
    Any tree of genus Buxus. countable, uncountable

Etymology

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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