CALIFORNIA PRIVET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does California privet mean? 

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

1. semi-evergreen Japanese shrub having malodorous flowers; used extensively for hedges because more likely to stay green that common privet

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALIFORNIA PRIVET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Semi-evergreen Japanese shrub having malodorous flowers; used extensively for hedges because more likely to stay green that common privet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

California privet; Ligustrum ovalifolium

Hypernyms ("California 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)