TURKISH BOXWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Turkish boxwood mean? 

• TURKISH BOXWOOD (noun)
  The noun TURKISH BOXWOOD has 1 sense:

1. very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks

  Familiarity information: TURKISH BOXWOOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TURKISH BOXWOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

boxwood; Turkish boxwood

Hypernyms ("Turkish boxwood" is a kind of...):

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Holonyms ("Turkish boxwood" is a substance of...):

box; boxwood (evergreen shrubs or small trees)