GENUS LIGUSTRUM
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ligustrum mean? • GENUS LIGUSTRUM (noun)
The noun GENUS LIGUSTRUM has 1 sense:
1. genus of Old World shrubs: privet
Familiarity information: GENUS LIGUSTRUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS LIGUSTRUM (noun)
Meaning:
Genus of Old World shrubs: privet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Ligustrum; Ligustrum
Hypernyms ("genus 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 "genus 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 ("genus 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)
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