boxwood

2 definitions found

boxwood - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Boxwood \Box"wood`\, n.
     The wood of the box (Buxus).
     [1913 Webster]

boxwood - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  boxwood
      n 1: very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box
           (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork:
           musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks [syn:
           boxwood, Turkish boxwood]
      2: evergreen shrubs or small trees [syn: box, boxwood]