noun
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the hard close-grained yellow wood of the box tree, used to make tool handles, small turned or carved articles, etc
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the box tree
Etymology
Origin of boxwood
Vocabulary lists containing boxwood
Example Sentences
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The pristine look, edged by Japanese boxwood, is a world away from the ragged stretch that greeted them when they moved in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Stewart recommended cactus, succulents and an evergreen shrub called an African boxwood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025
At its former headquarters in eastern Pennsylvania, Air Products had a neatly manicured lawn and boxwood hedges.
From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2023
The boxwood is planted in a row, and I am hoping to be able to save the others from dying.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 10, 2023
A pair of mourning doves hunted for food near a shaggy boxwood hedge, cooing to each other in their soft melancholy voices.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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