boxwood

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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

Συνώνυμα

box

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Turkish boxwood

common box

box-tree

Μεταφράσεις

buis

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Buchsbaum

şimşir

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buxus

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boj

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Buchs

buksboom

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Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Συγγενές με Αρχαία Ελληνικά: πύξος

In summary

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