privet

[priv-it] Origin

priv·et

[priv-it]
noun
any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Ligustrum, especially L. vulgare, having clusters of small white flowers and commonly grown as a hedge.

Origin:
1535–45; origin uncertain
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privet (ˈprɪvɪt)
 
n
a.  any oleaceous shrub of the genus Ligustrum, esp L. vulgare or L. ovalifolium, having oval dark green leaves, white flowers, and purplish-black berries
 b.  (as modifier): a privet hedge
 
[C16: of unknown origin]

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privet
type of evergreen shrub, 1540s, of unknown origin. Early forms primet, primprint (1548) perhaps suggest some connection with prime.
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