box treen.

Brit.

/ˈbɒks triː/, U.S.

/ˈbɑks ˌtri/, Australian English

/ˈbɔks triː/

Forms: see box n.¹ and tree n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: box n.¹, tree n.

Etymology: < box n.¹ + tree n.With sense 1 compare Old High German buhsboum and the related Germanic forms cited at buschbome n.

1. Originally: the common box, Buxus sempervirens. In later use more generally: any of the other shrubs and trees of the genus Buxus. Cf. box n.¹ 1.In quot. c1405: (perhaps) the wood of the common or European box; cf. box n.¹ 2.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > box-tree or shrub > [noun]

box treeOE

boxOE

busshe1430

dwarf box1578

ground-box1578

bush-tree1595

boxwood1652

tree-box1731

OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 20 Haec buxus, þis boxtreow, hoc boxum forcorfen box.

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 444 Lyk was [he] to byholde The Boxtree, or the Asshen dede and colde.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 46 Box tre, buxus.

1575 J. Turler Traueiler ii. xv. 169 Labirinthes and Mazes of Box tree, Iuis, and Mirtles.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. v. 14 Get ye all three into the box tree .

1852 J. R. McCulloch Dict. Commerce (at cited word) Boxwood, In 1815, the box trees cut down on Box-hill..produced upwards of 10,000l.

1942 F. Weiss (U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 1855) (title) Culture, diseases, and pests of the box tree.

2005 C. Tudge Secret Life Trees viii. 161 The family of the box trees, Buxaceae, has not been easy to place.

2013 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 14 Apr. (T Style Mag.) 62/1 The models..moved through a spring garden, along a maze of topiaried box trees devised for the show.

2. Australian. Any of several eucalyptus trees, typically with hard close-grained wood. Cf. box n.¹ 3.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > eucalyptus trees

yellow box1662

gum tree1676

white gum tree1733

whip-stick1782

peppermint1790

red gum tree1790

red mahogany1798

white gum1798

box1801

blue gum1802

eucalyptus1809

box tree1819

black-butted gum1820

bloodwood1827

white ash1830

blackbutt1833

morrel1837

mountain ash1837

mallee scrub1845

apple gum1846

flooded gum1847

Moreton Bay ash1847

mallee1848

swamp gum1852

box-gum1855

manna gum1855

white top1856

river gum1860

grey box1861

woolly butt1862

marlock1863

fever tree1867

red ironbark1867

river white gum1867

karri1870

yellow jacket1876

eucalypt1877

yapunyah1878

coolibah1879

scribbly gum1883

forest mahogany1884

yellow jack1884

rose gum1885

Jimmy Low1887

nankeen gum1889

slaty gum1889

sugar-gum1889

apple box1890

Murray red gum1895

creek-gum1898

eucalyptian1901

forest red gum1904

river red gum1920

napunyah1921

whitewash gum1923

ghost gum1928

snow gum1928

Sydney blue gum1932

salmon gum1934

lapunyah1940

1819 W. C. Wentworth Statist., Hist., & Polit. Descr. New S. Wales 47 The forest is less thick, and the trees in general are of another description; the iron barks, yellow gums, and forest oaks disappearing, and the stringy barks, blue gums, and box trees, generally usurping their stead.

1827 H. Hellyer in J. Bischoff Van Diemen's Land (1832) 168 I found the stump of a withered box tree.

1849 C. Sturt Narr. Exped. Central Austral. I. 116 The flats of the Darling..are..lightly wooded, having low and useless box-trees (the Gobero of Sir Thomas Mitchell), growing on them.

1940 A. Upfield Bushranger of Skies xx. 193 I've put in half a handful of box-tree seeds. They'll act like a double dose of painkiller.

1980 Rangelands 2 60/1 (caption) Beef cattle find shade and shelter amongst the many bimble box trees (Eucalyptus populnea).

2000 Riverine Herald (Echuca, Victoria) 14 July 6/4 The area has an existing strand of box trees.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	box tree
释义	box treen. Brit. /ˈbɒks triː/, U.S. /ˈbɑks ˌtri/, Australian English /ˈbɔks triː/ Forms: see box n.¹ and tree n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: box n.¹, tree n. Etymology: < box n.¹ + tree n.With sense 1 compare Old High German buhsboum and the related Germanic forms cited at buschbome n. 1. Originally: the common box, Buxus sempervirens. In later use more generally: any of the other shrubs and trees of the genus Buxus. Cf. box n.¹ 1.In quot. c1405: (perhaps) the wood of the common or European box; cf. box n.¹ 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > box-tree or shrub > [noun] box treeOE boxOE busshe1430 dwarf box1578 ground-box1578 bush-tree1595 boxwood1652 tree-box1731 OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 20 Haec buxus, þis boxtreow, hoc boxum forcorfen box. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 444 Lyk was [he] to byholde The Boxtree, or the Asshen dede and colde. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 46 Box tre, buxus. 1575 J. Turler Traueiler ii. xv. 169 Labirinthes and Mazes of Box tree, Iuis, and Mirtles. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. v. 14 Get ye all three into the box tree . View more context for this quotation 1852 J. R. McCulloch Dict. Commerce (at cited word) Boxwood, In 1815, the box trees cut down on Box-hill..produced upwards of 10,000l. 1942 F. Weiss (U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 1855) (title) Culture, diseases, and pests of the box tree. 2005 C. Tudge Secret Life Trees viii. 161 The family of the box trees, Buxaceae, has not been easy to place. 2013 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 14 Apr. (T Style Mag.) 62/1 The models..moved through a spring garden, along a maze of topiaried box trees devised for the show. 2. Australian. Any of several eucalyptus trees, typically with hard close-grained wood. Cf. box n.¹ 3. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > eucalyptus trees yellow box1662 gum tree1676 white gum tree1733 whip-stick1782 peppermint1790 red gum tree1790 red mahogany1798 white gum1798 box1801 blue gum1802 eucalyptus1809 box tree1819 black-butted gum1820 bloodwood1827 white ash1830 blackbutt1833 morrel1837 mountain ash1837 mallee scrub1845 apple gum1846 flooded gum1847 Moreton Bay ash1847 mallee1848 swamp gum1852 box-gum1855 manna gum1855 white top1856 river gum1860 grey box1861 woolly butt1862 marlock1863 fever tree1867 red ironbark1867 river white gum1867 karri1870 yellow jacket1876 eucalypt1877 yapunyah1878 coolibah1879 scribbly gum1883 forest mahogany1884 yellow jack1884 rose gum1885 Jimmy Low1887 nankeen gum1889 slaty gum1889 sugar-gum1889 apple box1890 Murray red gum1895 creek-gum1898 eucalyptian1901 forest red gum1904 river red gum1920 napunyah1921 whitewash gum1923 ghost gum1928 snow gum1928 Sydney blue gum1932 salmon gum1934 lapunyah1940 1819 W. C. Wentworth Statist., Hist., & Polit. Descr. New S. Wales 47 The forest is less thick, and the trees in general are of another description; the iron barks, yellow gums, and forest oaks disappearing, and the stringy barks, blue gums, and box trees, generally usurping their stead. 1827 H. Hellyer in J. Bischoff Van Diemen's Land (1832) 168 I found the stump of a withered box tree. 1849 C. Sturt Narr. Exped. Central Austral. I. 116 The flats of the Darling..are..lightly wooded, having low and useless box-trees (the Gobero of Sir Thomas Mitchell), growing on them. 1940 A. Upfield Bushranger of Skies xx. 193 I've put in half a handful of box-tree seeds. They'll act like a double dose of painkiller. 1980 Rangelands 2 60/1 (caption) Beef cattle find shade and shelter amongst the many bimble box trees (Eucalyptus populnea). 2000 Riverine Herald (Echuca, Victoria) 14 July 6/4 The area has an existing strand of box trees. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.OE
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