HyperDic: white_wax_tree

English > 1 sense of the expression white wax tree:
NOUNplantwhite wax tree, Chinese privet, Ligustrum lucidumerect evergreen treelike shrub of China and Korea and Japan having acuminate leaves and flowers in long erect panicles
English > white wax tree: 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.
SynonymsChinese privet, 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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