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LIGUSTRUM OVALIFOLIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ligustrum ovalifolium mean?
• LIGUSTRUM OVALIFOLIUM (noun)
The noun LIGUSTRUM OVALIFOLIUM 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: LIGUSTRUM OVALIFOLIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LIGUSTRUM OVALIFOLIUM (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 ("Ligustrum ovalifolium" 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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