privet : Idioms & Phrases

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amur privet

  • noun eastern Asian shrub cultivated especially for its persistent foliage
    Ligustrum amurense.
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california privet

  • noun semi-evergreen Japanese shrub having malodorous flowers; used extensively for hedges because more likely to stay green that common privet
    Ligustrum ovalifolium.
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chinese privet

  • noun erect evergreen treelike shrub of China and Korea and Japan having acuminate leaves and flowers in long erect panicles; resembles Japanese privet
    Ligustrum lucidum; white wax tree.
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common privet

  • noun deciduous semi-evergreen shrub used for hedges
    Ligustrum vulgare.
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Egyptian privet

  • . See Lawsonia.
Webster 1913

Evergreen privet

  • a plant of the genus Rhamnus. See Alatern.
Webster 1913

ibolium privet

  • noun fast-growing and tightly branched hybrid of Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum obtusifolium
    ibolium privet; Ligustrum ibolium.
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ibota privet

  • noun fast-growing and tightly branched hybrid of Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum obtusifolium
    ibolium privet; Ligustrum ibolium.
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japanese privet

  • noun evergreen shrub of Japan and Korea having small dark leaves and flowers in loose panicles; related to but smaller than Chinese privet
    Ligustrum japonicum.
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Mock privet

  • noun evergreen shrub with white flowers and olivelike fruits
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  • 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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privet andromeda

  • noun deciduous much-branched shrub with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers
    male berry; maleberry; Lyonia ligustrina; he-huckleberry.
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privet hedge

  • noun hedge of privet plants
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