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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 hedges
Familiarity information: COMMON PRIVET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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