Boxwood

Synonyms for "boxwood" (7 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)
box

Strong matches (2)

Noun(1 words)
box tree

Related words (3)

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7 relation types

More general

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Synonyms

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derived

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etymologically related_to

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is a

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related to

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Translations

60 translations across 29 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • πύξος noun (Buxus sempervirens)

Basque

1 entries
  • ezpel noun (Buxus sempervirens)

Catalan

3 entries
  • boix noun (the hard, close-grained wood of this tree)
  • boix noun (any tree of genus Buxus)
  • boix comú noun (Buxus sempervirens)

Danish

1 entries
  • buksbom noun (Buxus sempervirens)

Dutch

4 entries
  • buksboom noun (Buxus sempervirens)
  • bukshout noun (the hard, close-grained wood of this tree)
  • buxus noun (Buxus sempervirens)
  • buxushout noun (the hard, close-grained wood of this tree)

Estonian

2 entries
  • pukspuu noun (Buxus sempervirens)
  • pukspuupuit noun (the hard, close-grained wood of this tree)

Finnish

2 entries
  • isopuksipuu noun (Buxus sempervirens)
  • puksipuu noun (the hard, close-grained wood of this tree)

French

1 entries
  • buis noun (Buxus sempervirens)

Galician

2 entries
  • buxo noun (Buxus sempervirens)
  • buxo noun (the hard, close-grained wood of this tree)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ბზა noun (Buxus sempervirens)

German

3 entries
  • Buchs noun (Buxus sempervirens)
  • Buchsbaum noun (Buxus sempervirens)
  • Buchsbaumholz noun (the hard, close-grained wood of this tree)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אַשּׁוּר noun (Buxus sempervirens)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • bukszus noun (Buxus sempervirens)
  • bukszus noun (the hard, close-grained wood of this tree)
  • bukszus noun (any tree of genus Buxus)
  • puszpáng noun (Buxus sempervirens)

Irish

1 entries
  • bosca noun (the hard, close-grained wood of this tree)

Latin

2 entries
  • buxum noun (the hard, close-grained wood of this tree)
  • buxus noun (any tree of genus Buxus)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • шимшир noun (Buxus sempervirens)
  • шимшир noun (the hard, close-grained wood of this tree)

Manx

2 entries
  • foiee kishtey noun (Buxus sempervirens)
  • foiee kishtey noun (the hard, close-grained wood of this tree)

Middle English

2 entries
  • box noun (Buxus sempervirens)
  • box noun (the hard, close-grained wood of this tree)

Persian

2 entries
  • شمشاد noun (Buxus sempervirens)
  • شمشاد noun (any tree of genus Buxus)

Polish

3 entries
  • bukszpan noun (Buxus sempervirens)
  • bukszpan noun (the hard, close-grained wood of this tree)
  • bukszpan noun (any tree of genus Buxus)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • buxinho noun (Buxus sempervirens)
  • buxo noun (Buxus sempervirens)
  • buxo anão noun (Buxus sempervirens)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਚਿਕੜੀ noun (Buxus sempervirens)

Russian

2 entries
  • букс noun (Buxus sempervirens)
  • самши́т noun (Buxus sempervirens)

Spanish

2 entries
  • boj noun (Buxus sempervirens)
  • boj noun (the hard, close-grained wood of this tree)

Swedish

2 entries
  • buxbom noun (Buxus sempervirens)
  • buxbom noun (the hard, close-grained wood of this tree)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • bo noun (Buxus sempervirens)

Turkish

1 entries
  • şimşir noun (Buxus sempervirens)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • букс noun (Buxus sempervirens)
  • букшпан noun (Buxus sempervirens)
  • бушпан noun (Buxus sempervirens)
  • самши́т noun (Buxus sempervirens)

Welsh

1 entries
  • bocs noun (any tree of genus Buxus)

Sample sentences

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She only bathes her shapely limbs in the pool, often combs out her hair, with a comb that is made of boxwood from Cytorus, and looks in the water to see what suits it best. Then draped in a translucent robe, she lies down on the soft leaves, or in the soft grass.

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