Definition of Boxwood

1. Noun. 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.

Exact synonyms: Turkish Boxwood
Substance meronyms: Box
Generic synonyms: Wood

2. Noun. Evergreen shrubs or small trees.
Exact synonyms: Box
Group relationships: Buxus, Genus Buxus
Specialized synonyms: Buxus Sempervirens, Common Box, European Box
Terms within: Turkish Boxwood
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Definition of Boxwood

1. n. The wood of the box (Buxus).

Definition of Boxwood

1. Noun. The box tree, ''Buxus sempervivens'' ¹

2. Noun. The hard, close-grained wood of this tree, used in delicate woodwork and in making inlays ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Boxwood

1. an evergreen shrub [n -S]

Medical Definition of Boxwood

1. The wood of the box (Buxus). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boxwood

boxplot
boxplots
boxroom
boxrooms
boxscore
boxscores
boxset
boxsets
boxspring
boxsprings
boxthorns
boxties
boxty
boxwise
boxwood (current term)
boxwoods
boxy
boy's name
boy-crazy
boy-next-door
boy-shorts
boy band
boy bands
boy crazier
boy craziest

Literary usage of Boxwood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"The true boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) attains to some size in Europe and ... The wood called "boxwood" in America is not therefore derived from the " box. ..."

2. Gurley Manual of Surveying Instruments by Gurley, W. & L. E., Troy, N.Y. (1912)
"PRICE POST 1615 boxwood Scale, 6 inch, divided 10 and 50 parts to the inch . ... 75 .06 1619 boxwood Scale, 12 inch, divided 20 and 40 parts to the inch . ..."

3. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"Oval frame, carved in boxwood, for Norman Wilkinson, Esq., composed of a wreath ... boxwood spoons, Italian style. Orange cup. boxwood salt-cellar, enriched ..."

4. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"... ni*ie of boxwood, is mentioned by Pe- L-таи (nu»Vj haea piper trivit, Sat. 74). .... boxwood ..."

5. The Pictorial Press: Its Origin and Progress by Mason. Jackson (1885)
"How an Illustrated Newspaper is Produced — Wood-engraving—boxwood—Blocks for Illustrated Newspapers—Rapid Sketching—Drawing on the Block—Method of ..."

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