BUXUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Buxus mean? 

• BUXUS (noun)
  The noun BUXUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Buxaceae

  Familiarity information: BUXUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUXUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Buxaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Buxus; genus Buxus

Hypernyms ("Buxus" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Buxus"):

box; boxwood (evergreen shrubs or small trees)

Holonyms ("Buxus" is a member of...):

box family; Buxaceae; family Buxaceae (widely distributed evergreen shrubs and trees)