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Privet

Privet Meaning & Definition
Privet Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Privet?

[n] 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

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See Also | Amur privet | bush | California privet | Chinese privet | common privet | genus Ligustrum | ibolium privet | ibota privet | Japanese privet | Ligustrum | Ligustrum amurense | Ligustrum ibolium | Ligustrum japonicum | Ligustrum lucidum | Ligustrum obtusifolium | Ligustrum ovalifolium | Ligustrum vulgare | shrub | white wax tree

Privet In Webster's Dictionary

\Priv"et\, 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.] (Bot.) An ornamental European shrub ({Ligustrum vulgare}), much used in hedges; -- called also {prim}. {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.

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