boxwood

Meaning

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

Synonyms

box

📦

Turkish boxwood

common box

box-tree

Etymology

Cognate with Ancient Greek: πύξος

In summary

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