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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 fruitsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MOCK PRIVET (noun)


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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