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LIGUSTRUM JAPONICUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ligustrum japonicum mean? 

LIGUSTRUM JAPONICUM (noun)
  The noun LIGUSTRUM JAPONICUM 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 privetplay

  Familiarity information: LIGUSTRUM JAPONICUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LIGUSTRUM JAPONICUM (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 ("Ligustrum japonicum" 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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