box tree

See also: boxtree

English

a boxtree of the Buxus sempervirens species

Alternative forms

• box-tree, boxtree

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɒkstɹiː/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɑkstɹiː/

Noun

box tree (plural box trees)(botany)

1. Any of several trees, of the genus Buxus, often used as a hedge, for topiary, and as a source of boxwood.
2. Any trees of diverse species in Lophostemon, Eucalyptus, or other genera native to Australia.

Synonyms

• box
• boxwood

Hypernyms

• tree

Derived terms

• box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis)

Translations

tree of the genus Buxus — see also box

• Armenian: տոսախ (hy) (tosax)

  Old Armenian: տօսախ (tōsax)

• Asturian: boxe m, boxu m, buxu m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黃楊 / 黄杨 (zh) (huángyáng)

• Dutch: buksboom m
• Estonian: pukspuu
• Finnish: puksipuu (fi)
• French: buis (fr) m
• Galician: buxo (gl) m
• Georgian: ბზა (ka) (bza)
• German: Buchsbaum (de) m
• Greek: πύξος (el) m (pýxos)

  Ancient Greek: πύξος f (púxos)

• Hebrew: תְּאַשּׁוּר
• Latin: buxus m
• Mazanderani: شر (šar), شار (šâr)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: buksbom m

  Nynorsk: buksbom m

• Old English: box m, boxtrēow n
• Persian: شمشاد (fa) (šemšâd)
• Polish: bukszpan (pl) m
• Portuguese: buxo (pt) m, buxeiro, buxeira
• Spanish: boj (es) m, boje m, bujo m
• Swedish: buxbom (sv) c
• Ukrainian: самши́т m (samšýt), букс m (buks), бушпан m (bušpan), букшпан m (bukšpan)
• Welsh: bocyswydden (cy)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Woiwurrung: ^{(please verify)} bulwidj, ^{(please verify)} tar-gan

box (bastardy)

• Woiwurrung: ^{(please verify)} biit

References

• box tree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Buxus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies