buxus

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (declension-2, feminine) the evergreen box tree.
2. (declension-2, feminine) a thing made of boxwood.

Vertalingen

box-tree

Buchsbaum

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

[ˈbʊk.sʊs]

Etymologie (Engels)

Uncertain. Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos, “box tree”) is cognate, but probably not the origin, as the tree grew in Italy and is not native to Greece or Asia Minor. Both the Latin and Greek may be from an Italian substrate language.