Boxwood

Origin

box + wood. box from Latin buxus ("box-tree, object made of boxwood"), from Ancient Greek πύξος (puxos, "box tree, boxwood")

Full definition of boxwood

Noun

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

Synonyms

• (Buxus sempervirens) common box, European boxwood

Anagrams

• woodbox