[OE. boxtreow, f. BOX sb.1 + treow, TREE.] The Box, Buxus sempervirens and other species; = BOX sb.1 1.

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c. 1000.  Ælfric, Gram., vii. 20. Hæc buxus, þis boxtreow.

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c. 1386.  Chaucer, Knt.’s T., 444. Lik was he to byholde The box-tree, or the asschen deed and colde.

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c. 1440.  Promp. Parv., 46. Box tre, buxus.

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1601.  Shaks., Twel. N., I. v. 18. Get ye all three into the box tree.

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1852.  McCulloch, Dict. Comm., s.v. Boxwood, In 1815, the box trees cut down on Box-hill … produced upwards of 10,000l.

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