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