Meaning

1 senses
  1. Buxus sempervirens, an evergreen shrub found from England and Morocco to Iran.

More definitions
  • large slow-growing evergreen shrub or small tree with multiple stems; extensively used for hedges or borders and topiary figures

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Now notebook computers are as common as lunch boxes.

Forms

plural: common boxes
Singularcommon box
Pluralcommon boxes

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Buxus sempervirens:boxwoodEuropean box
Close in meaning
  • large slow-growing evergreen shrub or small tree with multiple stems; extensively used for hedges or borders and topiary figures:European boxBuxus sempervirens

See also

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