Originally: the common box, Buxus sempervirens. In later use more generally: any of the other shrubs and trees of the genus Buxus. Cf. box, n.1 1.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > box-tree or shrub > [noun] (8) box treeOE Originally: the common box, Buxus sempervirens. In later use more generally: any of the other shrubs and trees of the genus Buxus. Cf. box, n.1 1. boxOE Originally: the common or European box, Buxus sempervirens, an evergreen shrub or small tree native to Europe, which has small elliptical leaves and… busshe1430 Boxwood. dwarf box1578 a low-growing cultivated form of common box, Buxus sempervirens, used esp. for the edgings of parterres and paths; also called ground box. ground-box1578 Buxus sempervirens, the small variety used for edgings. bush-tree1595 the Box (Buxus sempervirens). boxwood1652 A tree of the genus Buxus; esp. the common box, B. sempervirens. Cf. box, n.1 1. tree-box1731 any of several larger varieties of the common box, Buxus sempervirens. |
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