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boxwood

noun

Etymology

From box + wood; box from Latin buxus (“box-tree, object made of boxwood”), of uncertain origin; compare Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos).

  1. derived from *h₁weydʰh₁-✻
  2. inherited from *widuz✻
  3. inherited from *widu✻
  4. inherited from wudu
  5. inherited from wode
  6. compounded as boxwood — “box + wood”

Definitions

  1. The box tree, Buxus sempervirens.

  2. The hard, close-grained wood of this tree, used in delicate woodwork and in making inlays.

  3. Any tree of genus Buxus.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A locality in the Rural City of Benalla and the City of Greater Shepparton, north eastern…

      A locality in the Rural City of Benalla and the City of Greater Shepparton, north eastern Victoria, Australia.

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