name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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1
name
Meaning 1
A locality in the Rural City of Benalla and the City of Greater Shepparton, north eastern Victoria, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The box tree, Buxus sempervirens.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The hard, close-grained wood of this tree, used in delicate woodwork and in making inlays.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Any tree of genus Buxus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
evergreen shrubs or small trees
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: box
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shrub, bush
Narrower terms: common box, European box, Buxus sempervirens
6
noun
Meaning 6
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Turkish boxwood
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wood
History
Etymology
From box + wood; box from Latin buxus (“box-tree, object made of boxwood”), of uncertain origin; compare Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos).
Across languages
Translations
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Basque:
ezpel
— Buxus sempervirens
Catalan:
boix comú
— Buxus sempervirens
Danish:
buksbom
— Buxus sempervirens
Dutch:
buxus
— Buxus sempervirens
Dutch:
buksboom
— Buxus sempervirens
Estonian:
pukspuu
— Buxus sempervirens
Finnish:
isopuksipuu
— Buxus sempervirens
French:
buis
— Buxus sempervirens
Galician:
buxo
— Buxus sempervirens
Georgian:
ბზა
(bza)
— Buxus sempervirens
German:
Buchsbaum
— Buxus sempervirens
German:
Buchs
— Buxus sempervirens
Ancient Greek:
πύξος
(púxos)
— Buxus sempervirens
Hebrew:
אַשּׁוּר
(ashúr)
— Buxus sempervirens
Hungarian:
bukszus
— Buxus sempervirens
Hungarian:
puszpáng
— Buxus sempervirens
Macedonian:
шимшир
(šimšir)
— Buxus sempervirens
Manx:
foiee kishtey
— Buxus sempervirens
Middle English:
box
— Buxus sempervirens
Persian:
شمشاد
(šemšâd)
— Buxus sempervirens
Polish:
bukszpan
— Buxus sempervirens
Portuguese:
buxo
— Buxus sempervirens
Portuguese:
buxinho
— Buxus sempervirens
Portuguese:
buxo anão
— Buxus sempervirens
Punjabi:
ਚਿਕੜੀ
(cikṛī)
— Buxus sempervirens
Russian:
самши́т
(samšít)
— Buxus sempervirens
Russian:
букс
(buks)
— Buxus sempervirens
Spanish:
boj
— Buxus sempervirens
Swedish:
buxbom
— Buxus sempervirens
Tagalog:
bo
— Buxus sempervirens
Turkish:
şimşir
— Buxus sempervirens
Ukrainian:
самши́т
(samšýt)
— Buxus sempervirens
Ukrainian:
букс
(buks)
— Buxus sempervirens
Ukrainian:
букшпан
(bukšpan)
— Buxus sempervirens
Ukrainian:
бушпан
(bušpan)
— Buxus sempervirens
Catalan:
boix
— the hard, close-grained wood of this tree
Dutch:
buxushout
— the hard, close-grained wood of this tree
Dutch:
palmhout
— the hard, close-grained wood of this tree
Dutch:
bukshout
— the hard, close-grained wood of this tree
Estonian:
pukspuupuit
— the hard, close-grained wood of this tree
Finnish:
puksipuu
— the hard, close-grained wood of this tree
Galician:
buxo
— the hard, close-grained wood of this tree
German:
Buchsbaumholz
— the hard, close-grained wood of this tree
Hungarian:
bukszus
— the hard, close-grained wood of this tree
Hungarian:
puszpáng
— the hard, close-grained wood of this tree
Irish:
bosca
— the hard, close-grained wood of this tree
Latin:
buxum
— the hard, close-grained wood of this tree
Macedonian:
шимшир
(šimšir)
— the hard, close-grained wood of this tree
Manx:
foiee kishtey
— the hard, close-grained wood of this tree
Middle English:
box
— the hard, close-grained wood of this tree
Polish:
bukszpan
— the hard, close-grained wood of this tree
Spanish:
boj
— the hard, close-grained wood of this tree
Swedish:
buxbom
— the hard, close-grained wood of this tree
