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BUXUS

Pronunciation (US):

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Buxaceae

Synonyms:

Buxus; genus Buxus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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