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boxwood

DEFINITIONS OF: boxwood

1

n evergreen shrubs or small trees

Synonyms:
box
Types:
Buxus sempervirens, European box, common box
large slow-growing evergreen shrub or small tree with multiple stems; extensively used for hedges or borders and topiary figures
Type of:
bush, shrub
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

n very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks

Synonyms:
Turkish boxwood
Type of:
wood
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
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