Definition of privets Privets
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Wiktionary 
- privets (Noun)
Plural of privet.
Part of speech
🔤- privets, noun, plural of privet.
WordNet
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| privet - 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 | ||
| shrub, bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | ||
| genus ligustrum, ligustrum genus of Old World shrubs: privet | ||
| amur privet, ligustrum amurense eastern Asian shrub cultivated especially for its persistent foliage | ||
| ibolium privet, ibota privet, ligustrum ibolium fast-growing and tightly branched hybrid of Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum obtusifolium | ||
| japanese privet, ligustrum japonicum evergreen shrub of Japan and Korea having small dark leaves and flowers in loose panicles; related to but smaller than Chinese privet | ||
| chinese privet, ligustrum lucidum, white wax tree erect evergreen treelike shrub of China and Korea and Japan having acuminate leaves and flowers in long erect panicles; resembles Japanese privet | ||
| ligustrum obtusifolium small deciduous shrub having graceful arching branches and luxuriant foliage | ||
| california privet, ligustrum ovalifolium semi-evergreen Japanese shrub having malodorous flowers; used extensively for hedges because more likely to stay green that common privet | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- privet (n.)
An ornamental European shrub (Ligustrum vulgare), much used in hedges; -- called also prim.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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privet
priv′et, n. a half-evergreen European shrub used for hedges. [Perh. primet—prim.]
Part of speech
🔤- privet, noun, singular of privets.
