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Buxus

noun

type genus of the Buxaceae

• Syn: ↑genus Buxus

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Buxaceae, ↑family Buxaceae, ↑box family

• Member Meronyms: ↑box, ↑boxwood

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\\ˈbəksəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, box (shrub) — more at box

: a genus (the type of the family Buxaceae) of evergreen shrubs and small trees having opposite entire leaves and capsular fruit

Useful english dictionary. 2012.