buxĕus, a, um, adj. [buxus].
I Of or pertaining to the boxwood-tree , made of boxwood , boxwood- : luci, Sol. 52: forma, Col. 7, 8, 7: mola, Petr. 74, 5.—
II Of the color of boxwood : rostra (anatum), Varr. ap. Non. p. 460, 8: dentes, Mart. 2, 41, 7: anuli, perh. ironic. for spurious (on account of the paleness of boxwood), Petr. 58, 10; cf. pallor, Ap. Met. 1, 19, 3: luror, id. ib. 9, 30, 11.