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Definition of European box
1. Noun. Large slow-growing evergreen shrub or small tree with multiple stems; extensively used for hedges or borders and topiary figures.
Lexicographical Neighbors of European Box
Literary usage of European box
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Angus Duncan Webster (1908)
"European box Thorn. South Europe, 1730. This is a spiny, rambling shrub, that
may often be seen clambering over some cottage porch, or used as a fence or ..."
2. Zoölogical Science: Or, Nature in Living Forms by Anna Maria (Treadwell) Redfield (1858)
"... is judged of by the numbers of these floating air sacs. The flesh of the
European box Tortoise, though not very delicate* is nevertheless eaten. ..."
3. Tariff Schedules: Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of by Oscar Wilder Underwood (1913)
"(C) Sample box American safety matches, containing about 45 matches, against 60
of European box, snld at same price. This match is inferior to European ..."
4. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"A distinction is drawn between "Turkey" and " European" Box-wood. The alter is
more cui'ly, softer, and paler than the former. ..."
5. Journal of Economic Entomology by Entomological Society of America, American Association of Economic Entomologists (1910)
"This European box leaf mi.l^i- \\as found by Prof. AE Stene in May, 1910, infesting
a box hedge, ..."
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