boxwood

Wikispecies

From box +‎ wood; box from Latin buxus (“box-tree, object made of boxwood”), of uncertain origin; compare Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos).

boxwood (countable and uncountable, plural boxwoods)

1. (countable, uncountable) The box tree, Buxus sempervirens.
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.

• (Buxus sempervirens): common box, European box

• woodbox