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boxwood

noun

box·​wood ˈbäks-ˌwu̇d How to pronounce boxwood (audio)
1
: the close-grained heavy hard tough wood of the box (genus Buxus)
also : a wood of similar properties
2
: a tree producing boxwood

Example Sentences

We planted a few boxwoods.
Recent Examples on the Web Thin boxwood by cutting overgrown stems back to the interior of the plant. Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Jan. 2022 Create your own using our step-by-step instructions and finish the display with a simple boxwood wreath ($21 for two, Amazon) and red ribbon. Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2022 There’s also a slight herbal note of the scent of boxwood on a warm summer evening. Dave Mcintyre, Washington Post, 14 July 2022 Working with Garcia, the couple removed the boxwood hedges that faced the street and installed new planters, which Covarrubias filled with sun-loving California buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum). Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2022 To recreate this look, wind a clementine garland around an evergreen boxwood shrub, and fill in under it with Granny Smith apples. Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Aug. 2022 The roughly 1,900-square-foot terrace has a pergola off the study and is landscaped with a border of boxwood and yew and beech trees. E.b. Solomont, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022 The pool surround and patio are of Kota stone, and the topiaries are boxwood. Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor, 10 May 2022 The tour will feature unique gardens like a two- acre property with walls of towering 12-foot hydrangeas and hundreds of juniper, yew and boxwood. Hartford Courant, 30 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of boxwood was in 1601

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