JAPANESE PRIVET

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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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Nouns denoting plants

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)

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