JAPANESE PRIVET


Meaning of JAPANESE PRIVET in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized J

: either of two Asiatic evergreen privets:

a. : an erect shrub or small tree ( Ligustrum lucidum ) of China, Korea, and Japan with glabrous dark green usually acuminate leaves and flowers in long erect panicles

b. : a somewhat smaller shrub ( L. japonicum ) of Korea and Japan with usually more obtuse darker green leaves and flowers in looser more lax panicles

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