| 单词 | american boxwood |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAmerican boxwood American boxwood n. chiefly U.S. (a) the dogwood Cornus florida of eastern North America, which has heavy close-grained wood; (also) the wood of this tree; (b) any of several typically large or fast-growing cultivars of common or European box, Buxus sempervirens. ΚΠ 1838 C. Atwater Hist. State Ohio 79 It [sc. the cornus florida]..is denominated the ‘yellow bark’... The wood of the same tree ‘the American boxwood’ is a very valuable wood of which to make flutes and other musical, wind instruments. 1921 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 48 301 The flowering dogwood, Cornus florida L. (Cornaceae), is sometimes called American boxwood, presumably because of its use in the place of the true boxwood for shuttles. 1934 Wholesale Fall List (Koster & Co.) 11 Buxus semperviren balls (American Boxwood). 2009 M. W. Turner Remarkable Plants Texas 22/1 Of course, dogwood, which acquired the name American boxwood, began to feel the pressure, too. 2016 Daily News-Record (Harrisonburg, Va.) 17 Dec. e7/1 English boxwood is bright green and densely foliated with rounded leaves. American boxwood is darker, with more pointed leaves and looser in its growth habit. < as lemmas |
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