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privet |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Privet \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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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