privet

1. 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 (synset 112328273)
   is a type of: bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
   subtypes:

   • amur privet, ligustrum amurense - eastern Asian shrub cultivated especially for its persistent foliage
   • ibolium privet, ibota privet, ligustrum ibolium - fast-growing and tightly branched hybrid of Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum obtusifolium
   • japanese privet, ligustrum japonicum - evergreen shrub of Japan and Korea having small dark leaves and flowers in loose panicles; related to but smaller than Chinese privet
   • chinese privet, ligustrum lucidum, white wax tree - erect evergreen treelike shrub of China and Korea and Japan having acuminate leaves and flowers in long erect panicles; resembles Japanese privet
   • ligustrum obtusifolium - small deciduous shrub having graceful arching branches and luxuriant foliage
   • california privet, ligustrum ovalifolium - semi-evergreen Japanese shrub having malodorous flowers; used extensively for hedges because more likely to stay green that common privet
   • common privet, ligustrum vulgare - deciduous semi-evergreen shrub used for hedges
   belongs to: genus ligustrum, ligustrum - genus of Old World shrubs: privet

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