boxwood

n.

1. The box plant.
2. The wood of the box plant.

A fine-grained, very hard, dense wood, white to light yellow in color; esp. used for turned work and inlay.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box especially the common box; used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks
  Synonym: Turkish boxwood

Meaning #2: evergreen shrubs or small trees
  Synonym: box

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - buksbomved

Nederlands (Dutch)
palmhout

Français (French)
n. - (Bot) buis

Deutsch (German)
n. - Buchsbaumholz

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυτολ.) πύξος, πυξάρι

Italiano (Italian)
bosso

Português (Portuguese)
n. - madeira (f) de buxo

Русский (Russian)
самшит

Español (Spanish)
n. - madera de boj

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - buxbom

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
黄杨木材, 黄杨木

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 黃楊木材, 黃楊木

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 회양목의 재목

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ツゲ材

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نوع من الخشب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תאשור (עץ)‬

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boxwood	artificial boxwood
boxwood hedges	artificial boxwood tree