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ligustrum|lɪˈgʌstrəm|
[L. ligustrum privet, adopted by Linnæus (Hortus Cliffortianus (1737) 6) and earlier botanists as the name of a genus.]
= privet1.
1664Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense in Sylva 71 July... Flowers in Prime, or yet lasting... Oleanders red and white, Agnus Castus, Arbutus, Yucca, Olive, Ligustrum, Tilia, &c. 1900M. Thorn in W. D. Drury Bk. Gardening xi. 441 Ligustrums (Privets) are represented in many gardens only by L. ovalifolium (oval-leaved) and its golden-leaved form. 1957New Yorker 23 Nov. 46/3 I've put four pyramid ligustrums on the sculpture balconies. We always use plants to bring out an exhibition. 1973W. J. Bean Trees & Shrubs Hardy in Brit. Is. (ed. 8) II. 570 L[igustrum] confusum is..represented at Kew by a plant 10 ft high in the Ligustrum collection. |