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  n 
1 a dense slow-growing evergreen tree or shrub of the genus Buxus, esp. B. sempervirens, which has small shiny leaves and is used for hedges, borders, and garden mazes: family Buxaceae 
2 the wood of this tree 
 See  →  boxwood  →  1 
3 any of several trees the timber or foliage of which resembles this tree, esp. various species of Eucalyptus with rough bark 
  (Old English, from Latin buxus) 

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