boxwood

name

1. A locality in the Rural City of Benalla and the City of Greater Shepparton, north eastern Victoria, Australia.

noun

Etymology: From box + wood; box from Latin buxus (“box-tree, object made of boxwood”), of uncertain origin; compare Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos).

1. The box tree, Buxus sempervirens.
2. The hard, close-grained wood of this tree, used in delicate woodwork and in making inlays.
3. Any tree of genus Buxus.