buxifolia
/buks-ih-FOH-lee-uh/🏷️ Taxonomy●● Intermediate
A leaf epithet likening a plant's foliage to that of box - small, neat, closely set evergreen leaves rather than large or open ones. This is the feminine form, paired with feminine genus names. Appears as buxifolius (masculine), buxifolia (feminine), or buxifolium (neuter).
Example
“Hebe buxifolia (Boxleaf Hebe) carries the small, tightly packed leaves that the comparison to box describes.”