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Definition of Ligustrum vulgare
1. Noun. Deciduous semi-evergreen shrub used for hedges.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ligustrum Vulgare
Literary usage of Ligustrum vulgare
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"(2) Ligustrum vulgare, L.—Ger. Appx. Primrose, Bird's Eye ... Ligustrum vulgare, L.
See Gloss, to Tusser (EDS ed.), p. 40, sub. v. prim. Prince's Feather. ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"About 35 species, natives of the Old World, the following typical. 1. Ligustrum
vulgare L. Privet. Prim. Fig. 3325- Ligustrum vulgare L. ..."
3. Ornamental Shrubs of the United States (hardy, Cultivated) by Austin Craig Apgar (1910)
"COMMON PRIVET (483) — Ligustrum vulgare •— grows to about the same ... The COMMON
PRIVET has one variety with weeping branches, Ligustrum vulgare pendulum. ..."
4. Trees: A Handbook of Forest-botany for the Woodlands and the Laboratory by Harry Marshall Ward, Percy Groom (1904)
"... entire, acute, green Fig. 59. Privet, Ligustrum vulgare, p. (D). and quite
glabrous, 3—6 cm. long (3—8 x 1'5—3), shortly petiolate, 3—5 mm. ..."
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