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MOCK PRIVET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mock privet mean?
• MOCK PRIVET (noun)
The noun MOCK PRIVET has 1 sense:
1. evergreen shrub with white flowers and olivelike fruits
Familiarity information: MOCK PRIVET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evergreen shrub with white flowers and olivelike fruits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("mock privet" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("mock privet" is a member of...):
genus Phillyrea; Phillyrea (small genus of evergreen shrubs of the Mediterranean region)
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