boxwood

[ boks-woo d ]

/ ˈbɒksˌwʊd /

the hard, fine-grained, compact wood of the box shrub or tree, used for wood-engravers' blocks, musical instruments, etc.

the tree or shrub itself.

Compare box³.

Origin of boxwood

First recorded in 1645–55; box³ + wood¹

The latter he turned for himself upon a lathe; and p 99for this work John sent him a present of boxwood, juniper, and plane.

The Age of Erasmus |P. S. Allen
The man who wrote the book on trigonometry that we used to study at Boxwood Hall?

Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line |Clarence Young
Our night quarters--we reached them betimes--was Heften, in the middle of a beautiful forest of boxwood.

Travels in Central Asia |Arminius Vmbry
The Greeks and Romans made their combs of boxwood, much of which was imported from Paphlagonia.

The Captiva and The Mostellaria |Plautus

The boxwood hedge, being twice my height and fully two feet thick, entirely screened the speakers from my sight.

The Strolling Saint |Raphael Sabatini

boxwood

/ (ˈbɒksˌwʊd) /

the hard close-grained yellow wood of the box tree, used to make tool handles, small turned or carved articles, etc

the box tree