privet

Any of various shrubs of the genus Ligustrum, especially L. vulgare, having opposite leaves and clusters of white flowers and widely used for hedges.

Any of several similar or related plants.

A shrub, Ligustrum vulgare, of the northern Old World, planted and somewhat naturalized in North America; the common or garden privet. The name extends also to the other members of the genus.

In the southern United States, a small oleaceous tree of wet grounds, Forestiera acuminata.

An ornamental European shrub (Ligustrum vulgare), much used in hedges; — called also prim.

See Lawsonia.

a plant of the genus Rhamnus. See Alatern.

any one of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Phillyrea. They are from the Mediterranean region, and have been much cultivated for hedges and for fancifully clipped shrubberies.

Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum.

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