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GENUS LIGUSTRUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of Old World shrubs: privet
Synonyms:
genus Ligustrum; Ligustrum
Classified under:
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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