Buxus

Definition of the noun buxus

What does buxus mean as a name of something?

noun - plural: -

1. type genus of the Buxaceae
   • lexical domain: Plants - nouns denoting plants
   • synonym of Buxus: genus Buxus
   • more generic terms: dicot genus / magnoliopsid genus = genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
   • member of: box family / Buxaceae / family Buxaceae = widely distributed evergreen shrubs and trees
   • member: boxwood / box = evergreen shrubs or small trees

Phrases with Buxus

Phrases starting with the word Buxus:

1. Buxus Aurea
2. Buxus Crispa
3. Buxus Dioica
4. Buxus Sinica
5. Buxus vahlii
6. Buxus Virens
7. Buxus Acutata
8. Buxus Cordata
9. Buxus Hyrcana
10. Buxus Koreana
11. Buxus Nyasica
12. Buxus Argentea
13. Buxus Brevipes
14. Buxus Colchica
15. Buxus Cruciata
16. Buxus Japonica
17. Buxus Rugulosa
18. Buxus Vulgaris

Phrases ending with the word Buxus:

1. genus buxus
2. Amylax Buxus

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Printed dictionaries and other books with definitions for Buxus

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Gardening on a Shoestring (2016)

100 Fun Upcycled Garden Projects by Alex Mitchell

Ready-trained boxwood spheres are expensive because buxus is a slow- growing plant. You can save a lot of money if you buy bareroot boxwood plants from hedging suppliers—look online for deals. Simply plant these and train them yourself ...

A Red Wallflower (2017)

by Susan Warner

The Buxus is a very distinguished family indeed, ...

Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica, Book 1 (2008)

Edited with Introduction, Translation, and Commentary by Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Andrew Zissos

Buxus is a stock poetic metonymy for tibia (TLL ...

Phytoremediation (2016)

Management of Environmental Contaminants by Abid Ali Ansari, Sarvajeet Singh Gill, Ritu Gill, Guy R. Lanza, Lee Newman

Genus Buxus is an evergreen shrub or a small tree. Moreover, the genus Buxus is reported in serpentine areas in Japan as well.

The Alkaloids (2008)

Chemistry and Biology

The genus Buxus is an important source of a select type of steroidal alkaloids. As Ata and Andersh have summarized, in the recent past, this group has expanded rapidly to yield a series of interesting structures and biological activities.

Cyclopedia of American horticulture (1904)

comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom by Liberty Hyde Bailey

Chama>buxus is the best, and var. purpurea is probably the best form of it. Referring to our native species, F. W. Barclay writes: " Polygalas are mainly plants of low moist lauds, and the majority of species are best ...

A Dictionary of the Economic Products of India: Abaca to Buxus (1899)

by Sir George Watt, Edgar Thurston, T. N. Mukharji

BUXUS. Box-wood. Stem.

BUXUS sempervirens. Buxus sempervirens, Linn. ; Brandts , For.

The Timber Press Encyclopedia of Flowering Shrubs (2014)

by Jim Gardiner

Buxux balearica Buxus balearica b The Balearic boxwood is an evergreen shrub grown for its large bright green leathery leaves with clusters of yellow flowers in the leafaxils. AGM Medium to large; partial shade, shade and full sun; flowers ...

Encyclopedia of Border Plants (1999)

by Hanneke Van Dijk

Buxus. BOX. A. $. o. Buxus sempervirens is the species of box most often grown. Box can be used in the border as an evergreen shrub ...

The Gardeners Dictionary (1735)

Containing the Methods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen, Fruit and Flower Garden, as Also the Physick Garden, Wilderness, Conservatory, and Vineyard by Philip Miller

BUXUS; the Box-Tree. The Characters are; The Haves are pennatiJ, and ever- green; it hath Male Flowers, which are produc'J at remote Distances from tht Fruit on the fame Tree : The Fruit is fhap'd like a Porridge-pot inverted, and is divided ...

The Universal Gardener and Botanist; Or, A General Dictionary of Gardening and Botany, Etc (1778)

by Thomas MAWE (and ABERCROMBIE (John) Horticulturist.), John ABERCROMBIE (Horticulturist.)

BUXUS, the Box-tree. The plants of this genus are hardy evergreen shrubs, well calculated for ornamental purposes in shrubbery works, &c. of which there are but two species, one of them a large fhrub, that admits of feveral beautiful varieties ...

The Universal Gardener and Botanist: Or, A General Dictionary of Gardening and Botany ... The Second Edition. Carefully Revised ... and Very Much Enlarged, Etc (1797)

by Thomas MAWE (and ABERCROMBIE (John) Horticulturist.)

BUxUs arborescens. * Tree-Box.] Buxus with a tree- like stem, dividing into numerous branches, forming a regular head, growing twelve or ...

The Encyclopedia of Container Plants (2010)

More Than 500 Outstanding Choices for Gardeners by Ray Rogers

BUXUS. boxwood, box Family: Buxaceae Cultural group: woody shrubs and trees Height: 6 in. to 3 ft. or more Width: 6 in. to 3 ft. or more Light: sun to partial shade Temperature: cool to warm (but surprisingly heat tolerant) Overwintering: min.

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Scrabble value of B₃U₁X₈U₁S₁

The value of this 5-letter word is 14 points, but it's not an accepted word in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.

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