boxwood

Adjective modifier

African: Workers exposed to the dust of African boxwood developed alarming reactions including irritation of the eyes and nose, and also constitutional symptoms.

Modifies a noun

• tree: As if he were a boxwood tree, they put axes against him in his joyous dwelling place.
• inlay: The natural keys are covered with bone and the sharps are made of ebony with boxwood inlays.
• line: Curl mahogany veneers inlayed with boxwood lines and macassar ebony.
• clarinet: When she came down she was flourishing a small boxwood clarinet from the early 19th century, made by Key of London.