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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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"Common box" Quotes from Famous Books



... about fifty kinds of Turtle and Tortoises in North America, some of which live on the land and feed largely upon plants, e. g., the Common Box Turtle, found from the New England States to South Carolina and westward to Kansas, and the Gopher Tortoise of the Southern States. Others are aquatic, like the Painted Turtles, which are found in one form or another practically all over ...
— Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts • Girl Scouts

... 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



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