buxus

Meaning

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

Concepts

box-tree

Translations

Buchsbaum

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈbʊk.sʊs]

Etymology

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.