Definition of Privet

1. Noun. 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.


Definition of Privet

1. n. An ornamental European shrub (Ligustrum vulgare), much used in hedges; -- called also prim.

Definition of Privet

1. Noun. Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus ''Ligustrum''. ¹

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Definition of Privet

1. an ornamental shrub [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Privet

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Literary usage of Privet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Select extra-tropical plants readily eligible for industrial culture or by Ferdinand Jacob H. Mueller (1880)
"The Japan privet. A shrub, evergreen or nearly so, promising to become a valuable ... It grows like the ordinary European privet readily from cuttings. ..."

2. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"10111, 1020. common English name of privet may have been given to it from ... The Italian, or evergreen, privet. —This is a most desirable variety for ..."

3. Flora Domestica: Or, The Portable Flower-garden : with Directions for the by Elizabeth Kent (1825)
"THE privet shrub deserves a place among the most elegant: the leaves are handsome, and the old ones remain on till driven off by new: it bears an abundance ..."

4. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential by James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1800)
"1 HE privet is often met with in hedges and thickets, particularly where the foil is gravelly and rather ..."

5. British Moths, Sphinxes, Etc. by James Duncan (1860)
"THE privet Hawk-moth generally measures from three and a half to four and a half inches across the wings ; the upper pair ash-grey, slightly tinged with ..."

6. Ornamental Shrubs of the United States (hardy, Cultivated) by Austin Craig Apgar (1910)
"JAPAN privet — Ligustrum japonicum. G. Large shrub or tree to 20 feet with spreading branches ... THICK-LEAVED privet (485) — Ligustrum coriaceum. V -v. ..."

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