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Meanings of boxwood (boxwoods) in English

Catalan
fusta de boix

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.

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        fusta de boix
        Portuguese
        buxo

        Evergreen shrubs or small trees.

              buxo
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              Usage of boxwoods in English
              1
              Small boxwoods lined the paths in a geometric pattern, dividing the beds.
              An impartial witness: a bess crawford mystery
              2
              Emily had obviously been back here, trimming the boxwoods around the gazebo.
              The girl who chased the moon: a novel
              3
              He falters as he backs away, nearly tripping over a row of boxwoods.
              Anthropology of an american girl: a novel
              4
              I turned in and followed a winding drive bordered by azaleas and boxwoods.
              Bare Bones
              5
              Hedged boxwoods ran in two parallel lines to the entrance.
              Rakes and radishes
              6
              The tent gleamed, a starlit ghost of itself, and the boxwoods bent in the breeze.
              When a Man Marries
              7
              A wall of very old boxwoods stood green against a row of dead Lombardy poplars.
              One of Ours
              8
              John D. Rockefeller once tried to buy the boxwoods.
              The new yorker
              9
              He didn't care if the orders went unfilled or the boxwoods and yews ran wild.
              The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud
              10
              Cypresses, boxwoods, and flowering shrubs formed a wet understory.
              Devil Bones
              11
              Past her I could see Gullet's dog sleeping under a row of boxwoods bordering the building.
              Break No Bones
              12
              A fat white moon shone through the trees, making long shadows of boxwoods growing in the garden below.
              Rakes and radishes
              13
              Stooping down, I found a large piece of orange peel, and then several more scraps scattered among the towering boxwoods.
              Seraphina
              14
              There was a brick walkway and the twisted and wiry shape of what once had been a row of boxwoods.
              The road
              15
              Out of the rain-streaked window, she could see Kesseley running down the twin rows of boxwoods at the entrance of the mansion.
              Rakes and radishes
              16
              She headed for a hedge of boxwoods lining the front of the yard and began hacking at the new growth with a vengeance.
              Flesh and bone: a body farm novel
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              Translations for boxwoods
              Portuguese
              buxo
              Boxwoods through the time