EUROPEAN BOX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does European box mean? 

• EUROPEAN BOX (noun)
  The noun EUROPEAN 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: EUROPEAN BOX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EUROPEAN BOX (noun)

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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 ("European box" is a kind of...):

box; boxwood (evergreen shrubs or small trees)