BOXWOOD

box, boxwood

(noun) evergreen shrubs or small trees

boxwood, Turkish boxwood

(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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

boxwood (countable and uncountable, plural boxwoods)

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

(uncountable) The hard, close-grained wood of this tree, used in delicate woodwork and in making inlays.

(countable, uncountable) Any tree of genus Buxus.

Synonyms

• (Buxus sempervirens): common box, European box

Anagrams

• woodbox

Source: Wiktionary


Box"wood`, n.

Definition: The wood of the box (Buxus).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

18 June 2025

SOUARI

(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.

coffee icon