chinese privet

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   erect evergreen treelike shrub of China and Korea and Japan having acuminate leaves and flowers in long erect panicles; resembles Japanese privet

   Synonymswhite wax treeLigustrum lucidum

   Broaderprivet

Questions about chinese privet

What does chinese privet mean?

chinese privet means "erect evergreen treelike shrub of China and Korea and Japan having acuminate leaves and flowers in long erect panicles; resembles Japanese privet".

What is another word for chinese privet?

Close synonyms include white wax tree, Ligustrum lucidum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chinese privet a common word?

chinese privet is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.