buxus

Borrowed from Latin buxus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʏk.sʏs/

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• Hyphenation: bu‧xus

buxus m (plural buxussen)

1. European boxwood, Buxus sempervirens

   Synonyms: buksboom, steekpalm

Uncertain. From Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos, “box tree”). But since the tree grew in Italy and is not native to Greece or Asia Minor, it could be a loan from Italy.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbuk.sus/, [ˈbʊk.sʊs]

buxus f (genitive buxī); second declension

1. the evergreen box tree.
2. a thing made of boxwood.

Second declension.

• buxus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• buxus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• buxus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• buxus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette