HyperDic: chinese_privet

English > 1 sense of the expression Chinese privet:
NOUNplantChinese privet, white wax tree, Ligustrum lucidumerect evergreen treelike shrub of China and Korea and Japan having acuminate leaves and flowers in long erect panicles
English > Chinese privet: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningErect evergreen treelike shrub of China and Korea and Japan having acuminate leaves and flowers in long erect panicles; resembles Japanese privet.
Synonymswhite wax tree, Ligustrum lucidum
BroaderprivetAny of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries
Catalanligustrum lucidum

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