TURKISH BOXWOOD

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 I. (noun) 

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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

Synonyms:

boxwood; Turkish boxwood

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Nouns denoting plants

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)

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