boxwood

Noun
  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 (synset 112767234)
    is a type of: wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
    substance meronym: box, boxwood - evergreen shrubs or small trees
    same as: turkish boxwood
  2. Evergreen shrubs or small trees (synset 112766866)
    is a type of: bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
    subtypes: buxus sempervirens, common box, european box - large slow-growing evergreen shrub or small tree with multiple stems; extensively used for hedges or borders and topiary figures
    belongs to: buxus, genus buxus - type genus of the Buxaceae
    substance holonym: boxwood, turkish boxwood - 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
    same as: box

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