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Etymology 1
[edit]Unknown origin, but possibly connected to prime.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]privet (countable and uncountable, plural privets)
- Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum.
- 1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 1, in The Subtle Minotaur[1]:
- Slowly she turned round and faced towards a neat white bungalow, set some way back from the path behind a low hedge of golden privet. No light showed, but someone there was playing the piano. The strange elusiveness of the soft, insistent melody seemed to draw her forward.
Derived terms
[edit]- Amur privet, Amur River privet (Ligustrum amurense)
- California privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)
- Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense)
- common privet, Cheyenne privet (Ligustrum vulgare)
- Egyptian privet (Lawsonia inermis)
- European privet (Ligustrum vulgare)
- evergreen privet (Rhamnus alaternus)
- glossy privet (Ligustrum lucidum)
- ibolium privet, ibota privet (Ligustrum ibolium)
- Japanese privet (Ligustrum lucidum and Ligustrum japonicum)
- mock privet (Phillyrea spp.)
- oval-leaved privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)
- pipe privet (Philadelphus coronarius)
- privet hawk moth
- swampprivet
- waxleaf privet (Ligustrum japonicum)
- wild privet (Ligustrum vulgare)
Translations
[edit]Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
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Etymology 2
[edit]From Russian приве́т (privét, “hello, hi”).
Interjection
[edit]privet
Translations
[edit]hello — see hello
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]prīvet
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