| NOUN | plant | boxwood, Turkish boxwood | very hard tough / tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box) |
|---|---|---|---|
| plant | boxwood, box | evergreen shrubs or small trees |
| Sounds | baa'kswuh.d | |
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| Rhymes | adulthood ... wormwood: 60 rhymes with uhd... | |
| Meaning | Very hard tough / tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks. | |
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| Synonym | Turkish boxwood | |
| Broader | wood | The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |
| Substance of | box, boxwood | evergreen shrubs or small trees |
| Spanish | boj, madera de boje, madera de boj | |
| Catalan | fusta de boix | |
| Meaning | evergreen shrubs or small trees. | |
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| Synonym | box | |
| Member of | Buxus, genus Buxus | type genus of the Buxaceae |
| Narrower | common box, European box, Buxus sempervirens | large slow-growing evergreen shrub or small tree with multiple stems |
| Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
| Substances | boxwood, Turkish boxwood | Very hard tough / tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box) |
| Spanish | boj | |
| Catalan | boix | |
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