Meanings
nouncommon box (plural common boxes)
plural common boxes
- Buxus sempervirens, an evergreen shrub found from England and Morocco to Iran.
Synonyms: European box, boxwood
Synonyms & antonyms
nounBuxus sempervirens, an evergreen shrub found from England and Morocco to Iran.
Similar
European boxboxwood
More synonyms by meaning
nounlarge slow-growing evergreen shrub or small tree with multiple stems; extensively used for hedges or borders and topiary figures
Similar
European boxBuxus sempervirens
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