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Noun: common box
  1. Large slow-growing evergreen shrub or small tree with multiple stems; extensively used for hedges or borders and topiary figures
    "The palace gardens featured elaborate common box topiaries";
    - European box, Buxus sempervirens

Derived forms: common boxes

Type of: box, boxwood

Encyclopedia: Common box