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JAPANESE PRIVET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evergreen shrub of Japan and Korea having small dark leaves and flowers in loose panicles; related to but smaller than Chinese privet
Synonyms:
Japanese privet; Ligustrum japonicum
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Hypernyms ("Japanese 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)