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单词 buxiferous
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buxiferousadj.

Etymology: < Latin buxifer box-bearing + -ous suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: buˈxiferous.
rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
Bearing or producing box-trees.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > box-tree or shrub > [adjective]
boxen1578
box-like1640
buxiferous1656
buxeous1731
boxwood1795
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Buxiferous, that beareth box.
1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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