释义 |
privet /ˈprɪvɪt /nounA shrub of the olive family, with small white heavily scented flowers and poisonous black berries.- Genus Ligustrum, family Oleaceae: several species, in particular the evergreen L. ovalifolium, often used as hedging in towns.
Swirling robins and starlings competed for the red berries of the barberry and the blue berries of the privet....- The planting included oak, ash, crab-apple, field maple, hawthorn, blackthorn, privet and dogwood and down by the ponds in River Field two areas of willows were planted.
- Plants such as privet or barberry need severe pruning immediately after planting and at the beginning of the second year to make them bushy.
OriginMid 16th century: of unknown origin. Rhymescivet, rivet, trivet |