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Noun: box family  bóks fa-mu-lee
  1. Widely distributed evergreen shrubs and trees
    "The box family includes many species used in formal gardens";
    - Buxaceae, family Buxaceae

Derived forms: box families

Type of: dicot family, magnoliopsid family

Part of: order Sapindales, Sapindales