box tree

See also: boxtree

English

Noun

box tree (plural box trees)

(botany) Any of several trees, of the genus Buxus, often used as a hedge and as a source of boxwood
(botany) Any trees of diverse species in a few families, native to Australia.

Synonyms

Synonyms of box tree

box

boxwood

Hypernyms

tree

Translations

tree of the genus Buxus

Estonian: pukspuu
Finnish: puksipuu (fi)
French: buis (fr) m
Georgian: ბზა (ka) (bza)
German: Buchsbaum (de) m

Portuguese: buxo (pt) m
Spanish: boj (es) m
Swedish: buxbom (sv) c
Welsh: bocyswydden (cy)

References

box tree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Buxus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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