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Common box   /kˈɑmən bɑks/   Listen
Common box

noun
1.
Large slow-growing evergreen shrub or small tree with multiple stems; extensively used for hedges or borders and topiary figures.  Synonyms: Buxus sempervirens, European box.





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... was sufficiently examined, a common box, which contained my greatest treasure, a small relief from Nineveh, was brought forward. One of the men took hold of a heavy wooden axe, for the purpose of striking off the lid. This was rather too much for me, and I would not allow it. To my great satisfaction, ...
— A Woman's Journey Round the World • Ida Pfeiffer


Words linked to "Common box" :   European box, box, Buxus sempervirens, boxwood


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