Japanese privet

Japanese privet
noun
evergreen shrub of Japan and Korea having small dark leaves and flowers in loose panicles; related to but smaller than Chinese privet
Hypernyms: ↑privet

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized J
: either of two Asiatic evergreen privets:
a. : an erect shrub or small tree (Ligustrum lucidum) of China, Korea, and Japan with glabrous dark green usually acuminate leaves and flowers in long erect panicles
b. : a somewhat smaller shrub (L. japonicum) of Korea and Japan with usually more obtuse darker green leaves and flowers in looser more lax panicles

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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