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COMMON PRIVET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common privet mean? 

COMMON PRIVET (noun)
  The noun COMMON PRIVET has 1 sense:

1. deciduous semi-evergreen shrub used for hedgesplay

  Familiarity information: COMMON PRIVET used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMMON PRIVET (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Deciduous semi-evergreen shrub used for hedges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common privet; Ligustrum vulgare

Hypernyms ("common privet" is a kind of...):

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)


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