LIGUSTRUM

Meaning of LIGUSTRUM in English

[ lɪ'gʌstrəm ]

■ noun a plant of a genus that comprises the privets. [Genus Ligustrum .]

Origin

C17: from L.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

LIGUSTRUM — -trəm noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, privet, perhaps from Ligus Ligurian : a large genus of Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIGUSTRUM — /li gus"treuhm/ , n. any of various shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Ligustrum, of the olive family, comprising …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIGUSTRUM — n. = PRIVET. [L]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIGUSTRUM — n. = PRIVET. [ L ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIGUSTRUM — n. PRIVET. Etymology: L
Oxford English vocab
PRIVET — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1542 a Eurasian deciduous shrub ( Ligustrum vulgare ) of the olive family with semievergreen …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRIVET — Any of about 40–50 species of shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum of the olive family that are …
Английский словарь Британика
WAX TREE — noun : a tree yielding wax: as a. : japanese wax tree b. : an arborescent evergreen privet ( Ligustrum …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
REGEL'S PRIVET — ˈrāgəlz- noun or regel privet Etymology: probably after Edward August von Regel died 1892 German botanist in Russia : a …
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PRIVET — ˈprivə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: origin unknown 1. a. (1) : an ornamental Eurasian and northern African …
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LOVAGE — ˈləvij noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English lovache, from Anglo-French, modification of Late Latin levisticum, alteration of Latin ligusticum, …
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LIGUSTRALES — ˌligəˈstrā(ˌ)lēz Etymology: New Latin, from Ligustrum, type genus + -ales synonym of oleales
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JAPANESE PRIVET — noun Usage: usually capitalized J : either of two Asiatic evergreen privets: a. : an erect shrub or small tree …
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IBOLIUM PRIVET — īˈbōlēəm- noun or ibo·ta privet īˈbōd.ə- Etymology: ibolium, New Latin (specific epithet of Ligustrum ibolium ), irregular from Japanese ibota …
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CALIFORNIA PRIVET — noun Usage: usually capitalized C : a Japanese privet ( Ligustrum ovalifolium ) used for hedges and having deciduous or …
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AMUR PRIVET — noun or amur river privet Usage: usually capitalized A Etymology: from Amur river : a shrub ( Ligustrum amurense ) …
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PRIVET — (n.) An ornamental European shrub (Ligustrum vulgare), much used in hedges; -- called also prim.
Английский словарь Webster
LIGUSTRIN — (n.) A bitter principle found in the bark of the privet (Ligustrum vulgare), and extracted as a white crystalline substance …
Английский словарь Webster
PRIVET — ( n. ) An ornamental European shrub (Ligustrum vulgare), much used in hedges; -- called also prim.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LIGUSTRIN — ( n. ) A bitter principle found in the bark of the privet (Ligustrum vulgare), and extracted as a white …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WAXLEAF PRIVET — /waks"leef'/ an evergreen shrub, Ligustrum japonicum, native to Japan and Korea, having leathery leaves and large clusters of small white …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRIVET — /priv"it/ , n. any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Ligustrum, esp. L. vulgare, having clusters of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
IBOTA PRIVET — /uy boh"teuh/ a Japanese spreading shrub, Ligustrum obtusifolium, of the olive family, having hairy leaves and nodding white flower clusters. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CALIFORNIA PRIVET — a privet, Ligustrum ovalifolium, of the olive family, native to Japan, having glossy, oval leaves and long clusters of white …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AMUR PRIVET — a northern Chinese shrub, Ligustrum amurense, of the olive family, having hairy leaves and white flowers.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRIVET — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1542 : a Eurasian deciduous shrub ( Ligustrum vulgare ) of the olive family with …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRIVET — noun an ornamental european shrub (ligustrum vulgare), much used in hedges; called also prim.
Webster English vocab
LIGUSTRIN — noun a bitter principle found in the bark of the privet (ligustrum vulgare), and extracted as a white crystalline substance …
Webster English vocab
PRIVET — [ 'prɪvɪt ] ■ noun a shrub of the olive family, with small white scented flowers and poisonous black berries. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PRIVET — [priv.et] n [origin unknown] (1542): a European deciduous shrub (Ligustrum vulgare) of the olive family with semievergreen leaves and small …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OLEACEAE — the olive family, belonging to the order Scrophulariales and named for the economically important olive tree (species Olea europaea). A …
Britannica English vocabulary

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