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privet

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun privet has 1 sense

privet(n = noun.plant) Array - any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries; many used for hedges; Array

is a member of

genus ligustrum

ligustrum

has particulars: amur privet, ligustrum amurense, ibolium privet, ibota privet, ligustrum ibolium, japanese privet, ligustrum japonicum, chinese privet, ligustrum lucidum, white wax tree, ligustrum obtusifolium, california privet, ligustrum ovalifolium, common privet, ligustrum vulgare

is a kind of bush, shrub

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CIDE DICTIONARY

privet, n. [Cf. Scot. privie, Prov. E. prim-print, primwort. Prob. for primet, and perh. named from being cut and trimmed. See, Prim, a., and cf. Prime to prune, Prim, n., Prie, n.].

An ornamental European shrub (Ligustrum vulgare), much used in hedges; -- called also prim. [1913 Webster]

Egyptian privet. See Lawsonia. -- Evergreen privet, a plant of the genus Rhamnus. See Alatern. -- Mock privet, any one of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Phillyrea. They are from the Mediterranean region, and have been much cultivated for hedges and for fancifully clipped shrubberies.<-- i. e., topiary plants -->

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

privet, n. any evergreen shrub of the genus Ligustrum, esp. L. vulgare bearing small white flowers and black berries, and much used for hedges.

Etymology

16th c.: orig. unkn.

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