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CHINESE PRIVET
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Erect evergreen treelike shrub of China and Korea and Japan having acuminate leaves and flowers in long erect panicles; resembles Japanese privet
Synonyms:
Chinese privet; Ligustrum lucidum; white wax tree
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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)