LIGUSTRUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ligustrum mean? 

• LIGUSTRUM (noun)
  The noun LIGUSTRUM has 1 sense:

1. genus of Old World shrubs: privet

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIGUSTRUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of Old World shrubs: privet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Ligustrum; Ligustrum

Hypernyms ("Ligustrum" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Ligustrum"):

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)

Holonyms ("Ligustrum" is a member of...):

family Oleaceae; Oleaceae; olive family (trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac)