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COMMON BOX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does common box mean?
• COMMON BOX (noun)
The noun COMMON BOX has 1 sense:
1. large slow-growing evergreen shrub or small tree with multiple stems; extensively used for hedges or borders and topiary figures
Familiarity information: COMMON BOX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large slow-growing evergreen shrub or small tree with multiple stems; extensively used for hedges or borders and topiary figures
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Buxus sempervirens; common box; European box
Hypernyms ("common box" is a kind of...):
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