Japanese boxwood; Japanese box tree
Refers to the plant Buxus microphylla var. japonica, a common evergreen shrub used for hedges and wood carving.
There is a boxwood hedge in the garden.
Boxwood is often used for small crafted items.
Katakana spelling is common for this plant name; usually written in kana.
Kanji form using gikun/jukujikun reading; rarely used in modern writing.
Hiragana spelling, also common.
Alternate kanji form, also rare.
The word つげ is of native Japanese origin. The kanji forms 柘植 and 黄楊 are jukujikun (special kanji readings) applied to this plant name.