CHINESE PRIVET
Dictionary entry overview: What does Chinese privet mean? • CHINESE PRIVET (noun)
The noun CHINESE PRIVET has 1 sense:
1. erect evergreen treelike shrub of China and Korea and Japan having acuminate leaves and flowers in long erect panicles; resembles Japanese privet
Familiarity information: CHINESE PRIVET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CHINESE PRIVET (noun)
Meaning:
Erect evergreen treelike shrub of China and Korea and Japan having acuminate leaves and flowers in long erect panicles; resembles Japanese privet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Chinese privet; Ligustrum lucidum; white wax tree
Hypernyms ("Chinese 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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