JAPANESE PRIVET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Japanese privet mean? 

• JAPANESE PRIVET (noun)
  The noun JAPANESE PRIVET has 1 sense:

1. evergreen shrub of Japan and Korea having small dark leaves and flowers in loose panicles; related to but smaller than Chinese privet

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• JAPANESE PRIVET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Evergreen shrub of Japan and Korea having small dark leaves and flowers in loose panicles; related to but smaller than Chinese privet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Japanese privet; Ligustrum japonicum

Hypernyms ("Japanese 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)