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An evergreen Buxus shrub with small, densely packed leaves, commonly clipped into hedges or decorative shapes.

Buxus sempervirens

All languages

English: box
Norwegian: buksbom
Japanese: ツゲ — つげ — tsuge
Korean: 회양목 — hoeyangmok
Spanish: boj
French: buis
German: Buchsbaum

Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.

Reference sources

Oregon State University — common box dense rounded multibranched growth, small opposite entire elliptic-oblong leaves with rounded-notched tips and dark green tops
NC State Extension — Buxus sempervirens broadly rounded evergreen multi-stem shrub with small opposite leaves and angular young stems