# boxwood

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #69,697

## Definitions
1. The box tree, Buxus sempervirens.
2. The hard, close-grained wood of this tree, used in delicate woodwork and in making inlays.
3. Any tree of genus Buxus.

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

## Source
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