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boxwood

[ boks-wood ]

noun

  1. the hard, fine-grained, compact wood of the box shrub or tree, used for wood-engravers' blocks, musical instruments, etc.
  2. the tree or shrub itself.


boxwood

/ ˈɒˌʊ /

noun

  1. the hard close-grained yellow wood of the box tree, used to make tool handles, small turned or carved articles, etc
  2. the box tree
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of boxwood1

First recorded in 1645–55; box 3 + wood 1
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Stewart recommended cactus, succulents and an evergreen shrub called an African boxwood.

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The boxwood statue is now on display at the Bonnefanten in “Art Adrift,” a show of some 20 works from the museum’s collection.

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Of a photo in which a face pokes through a boxwood hedge, she pointed out, “That’s one of the goofy ones.”

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At its former headquarters in eastern Pennsylvania, Air Products had a neatly manicured lawn and boxwood hedges.

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What do you think killed the boxwood and should I be concerned about the others?

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