English noun: boxwood | |||
1. | boxwood (plant) 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 | ||
Synonyms | Turkish boxwood | ||
Broader (hypernym) | wood | ||
Substance meronym | box, boxwood | ||
2. | boxwood (plant) evergreen shrubs or small trees | ||
Synonyms | box | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bush, shrub | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Buxus sempervirens, common box, European box | ||
Member meronym | Buxus, genus Buxus | ||
Substance holonym | boxwood, Turkish boxwood | ||