CALIFORNIA PRIVET

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Semi-evergreen Japanese shrub having malodorous flowers; used extensively for hedges because more likely to stay green that common privet

Synonyms:

California privet; Ligustrum ovalifolium

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("California 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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