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Definition of Ligustrum
1. Noun. Genus of Old World shrubs: privet.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Oleaceae, Oleaceae, Olive Family
Member holonyms: Privet
Definition of Ligustrum
1. Noun. Any of several shrubs, of the genus ''Ligustrum'', widely used for hedges; privet ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ligustrum
Literary usage of Ligustrum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1900)
"Result nil. 1899. One inflorescence treated. Result nil. 34. ligustrum ...
Thirteen fruits set, and appear as if they would succeed. 35. ligustrum ..."
2. English Botany, Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants by James Sowerby, John Thomas Boswell, Phebe Lankester, John William Salter (1866)
"In the middle ages, however, the primrose was called in Latin ligustrum, ...
and Prim-print as the English of ligustrum, thus came to be transferred from ..."
3. 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. ..."
4. Select extra-tropical plants readily eligible for industrial culture or by Ferdinand Jacob H. Mueller (1880)
"ligustrum Japonicum, Thunberg. The Japan Privet. A shrub, evergreen or nearly
so, promising to become a valuable hedge plant. It grows like the ordinary ..."
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