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Webster 1913 Edition

Boxwood

Box′woodˊ

,

Noun.

The wood of the box (

Buxus

).

Definition 2024

boxwood

boxwood

English

Noun

boxwood ‎(countable and uncountable, plural boxwoods)

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

Synonyms

(Buxus sempervirens): common box, European boxwood

Translations

Buxus sempervirens

Catalan: boix (ca) m
Dutch: buxus (nl), buksboom
Estonian: pukspuu
Finnish: isopuksipuu
French: buis (fr) m
Galician: buxo (gl) m
Georgian: ბზა (ka) ‎(bza)
German: Buchsbaum (de) m, Buchs (de) m

Manx: foiee kishtey m
Polish: bukszpan (pl) m
Portuguese: buxo (pt) m, buxinho m, buxo anão m
Russian: самши́т (ru) m ‎(samšít), букс (ru) m ‎(buks)
Spanish: boj (es) m
Swedish: buxbom (sv) c
Tagalog: bo
Turkish: şimşir (tr)

the hard, close-grained wood of this tree

Catalan: boix (ca) m
Dutch: buxushout, palmhout
Estonian: pukspuupuit
Finnish: puksipuu
German: Buchsbaumholz n

Irish: bosca m
Manx: foiee kishtey m
Polish: bukszpan (pl) m
Spanish: boj (es) m

any tree of genus Buxus

Catalan: boix (ca) m

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