What does privet mean?
Privet means Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum..
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/ˈpɹɪv.ɪt/ · noun
Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum..
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.
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Privet means Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum..
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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.
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