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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


SynonymsTurkish boxwood


Broader (hypernym)wood


Substance meronymbox, boxwood

2. boxwood (plant) evergreen shrubs or small trees


Synonymsbox


Broader (hypernym)bush, shrub


Narrower (hyponym)Buxus sempervirens, common box, European box


Member meronymBuxus, genus Buxus


Substance holonymboxwood, Turkish boxwood









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