sweetbox
sweetbox Lexical Profile
• noun
Any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Sarcococca in the box family (Buxaceae), native to eastern and southeastern Asia, cultivated for their intensely fragrant winter flowers and glossy foliage.
"The gardener planted sweetbox near the front entrance so visitors could enjoy its rich fragrance during the bleak winter months."
A small, often decorative box designed for storing or presenting sweets, candies, or confectioneries.
"She received an elegantly enameled silver sweetbox as a wedding favor."
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Word Origin & Etymology
A compound of 'sweet' + 'box'. As a plant name, it refers to its sweet-smelling flowers and its botanical relationship to the boxwood shrub (box family). As a container, it refers directly to its function of holding sweets.
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