Privet
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈpɹɪv.ɪt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Privet is a noun meaning Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum.
Meaning
Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum.
More Meanings
- (informal) Hello, hi.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- privets
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hedge, ligustrum, lovage, prim, lindera, ilex.
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