Privet (genus Ligustrum). Cf. prim, n.2, primprint, n.
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释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > hedge plants > privet (11) primpc1400 Privet (genus Ligustrum). Cf. prim, n.2, primprint, n. ligustre1480 Privet. privet1542 Originally: the deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub Ligustrum vulgare (family Oleaceae), native to Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia, having… primprint1548 Privet (genus Ligustrum). Cf. prim, n.2, primp, n. prim1573 Privet (genus Ligustrum). Cf. primp, n., primprint, n. ligustrum1664 = privet, n.1 English myrtle1816 wild privet, Ligustrum vulgare. wax-tree1825 A name given to various trees, of different localities, yielding vegetable or insect wax; esp. The privet, Ligustrum lucidum, of China. Japan privet1869 Ligustrum japonicum. swamp privet1884 U.S. regional. In full swamp privet. A small evergreen tree of the southern United States, Forestiera acuminata (family Oleaceae), with glossy… primet- Probably a misreading of privet, n.1, claimed in R. C. A. Prior Pop. Names Brit. Plants (1863) 187 to occur in the Grete Herball (1526) as a name… |
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