boxwood
English Thesaurus
1. evergreen shrubs or small trees (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | bush, shrub, |
| definition | : | a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | buxus sempervirens, common box, european box, |
| definition | : | large slow-growing evergreen shrub or small tree with multiple stems; extensively used for hedges or borders and topiary figures (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | buxus, genus buxus, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Buxaceae (noun.plant) |
| substance holonym | : | boxwood, turkish boxwood, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
2. 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 (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | wood, |
| definition | : | the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees (noun.substance) |
| substance meronym | : | box, boxwood, |
| definition | : | evergreen shrubs or small trees (noun.plant) |
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