Definition of boxwood Boxwood

/bɑˈkswʊˌd/ - [bakswud] - box•wood

We found 6 definitions of boxwood from 4 different sources.

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What does boxwood mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: boxwoods

boxwood - 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
  Turkish boxwood
  wood a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; "metal woods are now standard"
boxwood - evergreen shrubs or small trees
  box
  shrub, bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
  buxus, genus buxus type genus of the Buxaceae
  buxus sempervirens, common box, european box large slow-growing evergreen shrub or small tree with multiple stems; extensively used for hedges or borders and topiary figures
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • boxwood (Noun)
    The hard, close-grained wood of this tree, used in delicate woodwork and in making inlays.
  • boxwood (Noun)
    Any tree of genus Buxus.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • boxwood (n.)
    The wood of the box (Buxus).

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