CHINESE PRIVET

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Meaning:

Erect evergreen treelike shrub of China and Korea and Japan having acuminate leaves and flowers in long erect panicles; resembles Japanese privet

Synonyms:

Chinese privet; Ligustrum lucidum; white wax tree

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Chinese 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)

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