"box tree" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: box trees [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} box tree (plural box trees)
  1. (botany) Any of several trees, of the genus Buxus, often used as a hedge, for topiary, and as a source of boxwood Categories (topical): Botany Categories (lifeform): Buxales order plants, Trees Translations (tree of the genus Buxus — see also box): πύξος (púxos) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), pukspuu (Estonian), puksipuu (Finnish), buis [masculine] (French), ბზა (bza) (Georgian), Buchsbaum [masculine] (German), buxus [masculine] (Latin), box [masculine] (Old English), boxtrēow [neuter] (Old English), شمشاد (šemšâd) (Persian), bukszpan [masculine] (Polish), buxo [masculine] (Portuguese), boj [masculine] (Spanish), buxbom [common-gender] (Swedish), самши́т (samšýt) [masculine] (Ukrainian), букс (buks) [masculine] (Ukrainian), бушпан (bušpan) [masculine] (Ukrainian), букшпан (bukšpan) [masculine] (Ukrainian), bocyswydden (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-box_tree-en-noun-HU5ztHqU Disambiguation of Buxales order plants: 53 47 Disambiguation of Trees: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 49 51 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'tree of the genus Buxus — see also box': 86 14
  2. (botany) Any trees of diverse species in Lophostemon, Eucalyptus, or other genera native to Australia. Categories (topical): Botany Categories (lifeform): Buxales order plants, Trees
    Sense id: en-box_tree-en-noun-SkpW5cdh Disambiguation of Buxales order plants: 53 47 Disambiguation of Trees: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 49 51 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: box, boxwood Hypernyms: tree Derived forms: box tree moth (taxonomic: Cydalima perspectalis)

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