"boxwood" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: boxwoods [plural]
Etymology: From box + wood; box from Latin buxus (“box-tree, object made of boxwood”), from Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos, “box tree, boxwood”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|box|wood}} box + wood, {{m|en|box}} box, {{uder|en|la|buxus||box-tree, object made of boxwood}} Latin buxus (“box-tree, object made of boxwood”), {{uder|en|grc|πύξος||box tree, boxwood}} Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos, “box tree, boxwood”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} boxwood (countable and uncountable, plural boxwoods)
  1. (countable, uncountable) The box tree, Buxus sempervirens. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Trees, Woods Synonyms (Buxus sempervirens): common box, European box Translations (Buxus sempervirens): πύξος (púxos) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ezpel (Basque), boix [masculine] (Catalan), buksbom [common-gender] (Danish), buxus (Dutch), buksboom (Dutch), pukspuu (Estonian), isopuksipuu (Finnish), buis [masculine] (French), buxo [masculine] (Galician), ბზა (bza) (Georgian), Buchsbaum [masculine] (German), Buchs [masculine] (German), אַשּׁוּר (ashúr) [masculine] (Hebrew), bukszus (Hungarian), puszpáng (Hungarian), шимшир (šimšir) [masculine] (Macedonian), foiee kishtey [masculine] (Manx), box (Middle English), شمشاد (šemšâd) (Persian), bukszpan [masculine] (Polish), buxo [masculine] (Portuguese), buxinho [masculine] (Portuguese), buxo anão [masculine] (Portuguese), ਚਿਕੜੀ (cikṛī) [feminine] (Punjabi), самши́т (samšít) [masculine] (Russian), букс (buks) [masculine] (Russian), boj [masculine] (Spanish), buxbom [common-gender] (Swedish), bo (Tagalog), şimşir (Turkish), самши́т (samšýt) [masculine] (Ukrainian), букс (buks) [masculine] (Ukrainian), букшпан (bukšpan) [masculine] (Ukrainian), бушпан (bušpan) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-boxwood-en-noun-sruKWjmp Disambiguation of Trees: 38 18 44 Disambiguation of Woods: 37 24 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 10 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 8 48 Disambiguation of 'Buxus sempervirens': 57 0 43 Disambiguation of 'Buxus sempervirens': 57 0 43
  2. (uncountable) The hard, close-grained wood of this tree, used in delicate woodwork and in making inlays. Tags: uncountable Categories (lifeform): Trees, Woods Translations (the hard, close-grained wood of this tree): boix [masculine] (Catalan), buxushout (Dutch), palmhout (Dutch), pukspuupuit (Estonian), puksipuu (Finnish), buxo [masculine] (Galician), Buchsbaumholz [neuter] (German), bukszus (Hungarian), puszpáng (Hungarian), bosca [masculine] (Irish), buxum [neuter] (Latin), шимшир (šimšir) [masculine] (Macedonian), foiee kishtey [masculine] (Manx), box (Middle English), bukszpan [masculine] (Polish), boj [masculine] (Spanish), buxbom [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-boxwood-en-noun-XES~6Tkz Disambiguation of Trees: 38 18 44 Disambiguation of Woods: 37 24 40 Disambiguation of 'the hard, close-grained wood of this tree': 11 82 7
  3. (countable, uncountable) Any tree of genus Buxus. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Buxales order plants, Trees, Woods Translations (any tree of genus Buxus): boix [masculine] (Catalan), bukszus (Hungarian), puszpáng (Hungarian), buxus [feminine] (Latin), شمشاد (šemšâd) (Persian), bukszpan [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-boxwood-en-noun-~V2i6fYG Disambiguation of Buxales order plants: 37 9 55 Disambiguation of Trees: 38 18 44 Disambiguation of Woods: 37 24 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 10 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 8 48 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 36 10 54 Disambiguation of 'any tree of genus Buxus': 10 1 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Cape boxwood, Knysna boxwood, Oregon boxwood

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "any tree of genus Buxus",
          "word": "شمشاد"
        },
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          "_dis1": "10 1 89",
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}
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      "code": "eu",
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      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "word": "ezpel"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boix"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "word": "buxus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "word": "buksboom"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "word": "pukspuu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "word": "isopuksipuu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "buis"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "buxo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "bza",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "word": "ბზა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Buchsbaum"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Buchs"
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      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ashúr",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אַשּׁוּר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "word": "bukszus"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "word": "puszpáng"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "šimšir",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шимшир"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "foiee kishtey"
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    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "word": "box"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šemšâd",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "word": "شمشاد"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bukszpan"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "buxo"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "buxinho"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "buxo anão"
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      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "cikṛī",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ਚਿਕੜੀ"
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      "roman": "samšít",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "самши́т"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
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        "masculine"
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    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
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      "word": "buxbom"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "word": "bo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "word": "şimşir"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "samšýt",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "самши́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "buks",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "букс"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bukšpan",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "букшпан"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bušpan",
      "sense": "Buxus sempervirens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бушпан"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the hard, close-grained wood of this tree",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boix"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the hard, close-grained wood of this tree",
      "word": "buxushout"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the hard, close-grained wood of this tree",
      "word": "palmhout"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "the hard, close-grained wood of this tree",
      "word": "pukspuupuit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the hard, close-grained wood of this tree",
      "word": "puksipuu"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the hard, close-grained wood of this tree",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "buxo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the hard, close-grained wood of this tree",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Buchsbaumholz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the hard, close-grained wood of this tree",
      "word": "bukszus"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the hard, close-grained wood of this tree",
      "word": "puszpáng"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the hard, close-grained wood of this tree",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bosca"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the hard, close-grained wood of this tree",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "buxum"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "šimšir",
      "sense": "the hard, close-grained wood of this tree",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шимшир"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "the hard, close-grained wood of this tree",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "foiee kishtey"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "the hard, close-grained wood of this tree",
      "word": "box"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the hard, close-grained wood of this tree",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bukszpan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the hard, close-grained wood of this tree",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the hard, close-grained wood of this tree",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "buxbom"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "any tree of genus Buxus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boix"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any tree of genus Buxus",
      "word": "bukszus"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any tree of genus Buxus",
      "word": "puszpáng"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "any tree of genus Buxus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "buxus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šemšâd",
      "sense": "any tree of genus Buxus",
      "word": "شمشاد"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any tree of genus Buxus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bukszpan"
    }
  ],
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    "Buxus"
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  "word": "boxwood"
}

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