privet
English
Etymology 1
Unknown origin, but possibly connected to prime.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
- Egyptian privet(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
{{vern}}with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.) - evergreen privet
- mock privet(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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Translations
Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
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Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian приве́т (privét, “hello, hi”)
Interjection
privet
Translations
hello — see hello
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) prīvet
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