NOUN | plant | Turkish boxwood, boxwood | very hard tough / tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box) |
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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 | 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 |
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