Definition of Ligustrum lucidum

1. Noun. Erect evergreen treelike shrub of China and Korea and Japan having acuminate leaves and flowers in long erect panicles; resembles Japanese privet.

Exact synonyms: Chinese Privet, White Wax Tree
Generic synonyms: Privet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ligustrum Lucidum

Light of the Prophets
Light of the World
Lighthorse Harry Lee
Lightning Hurler
Lignac-Fanconi syndrome
Ligue 1
Ligularia
Liguria
Ligurian
Ligurian Sea
Ligurians
Ligustrum
Ligustrum amurense
Ligustrum ibolium
Ligustrum japonicum
Ligustrum lucidum (current term)
Ligustrum obtusifolium
Ligustrum ovalifolium
Ligustrum vulgare
Lijiang
Likert scale
Likud
Lil
Lila
Lilah
Lilia
Liliales
Lilian
Lilian Alicia Marks
Liliana

Literary usage of Ligustrum lucidum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1853)
"It is also called Tung-ising in common with the following. 2. Tung-tsing. — This name Mr. Fortune has informed me is applied to Ligustrum lucidum ..."

2. Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions (1853)
"This name Mr. Fortune has informed me is applied to Ligustrum lucidum Aiton, (i) Dr. Macgowan mentions L. lucidum as the tree on which the wax-insect is ..."

3. Science Papers: Chiefly Pharmacological and Botanical by Daniel Hanbury (1876)
"This name Mr. Fortune has informed me is applied to Ligustrum lucidum, Aiton.3 Dr. Macgowan mentions L. lucidum as the tree on which the wax-insect is ..."

4. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1825)
"The LIGUSTRUM lucidum is a very handsome shrub, eight or nine feet high, sufficiently hardy to bear our winters without protection, at least if planted ..."

5. An Historical and Descriptive Account of China: Its Ancient and Modern by Hugh Murray, John Crawfurd, Peter Gordon, Thomas Lynn, William Wallace, Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1836)
"A kind of vegetable wax is excreted by Ligustrum lucidum, which is said to be used for economical purposes in China. ..."

6. An Historical and Descriptive Account of China: Its Ancient and Modern by Hugh Murray, John Crawfurd, Peter Gordon (1843)
"Ligustrum lucidum. j3 floribundum. Phillyrea paniculata. ... A kind of vegetable wax is excreted by Ligustrum lucidum, which is said to be used for ..."

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