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Definition of Ligustrum japonicum
1. Noun. Evergreen shrub of Japan and Korea having small dark leaves and flowers in loose panicles; related to but smaller than Chinese privet.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ligustrum Japonicum
Literary usage of Ligustrum japonicum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Select extra-tropical plants readily eligible for industrial culture or by Ferdinand Jacob H. Mueller (1880)
"ligustrum japonicum, Thunberg. The Japan Privet. A shrub, evergreen or nearly
so, promising to become a valuable hedge plant. It grows like the ordinary ..."
2. Gardening in California: Landscape and Flower by John McLaren (1908)
"Ligustrum ovalifolium and ligustrum japonicum make good hedge plants. Ligustrum
Japonicum. Propagate by cuttings in the Fall, or by seeds sown in open ..."
3. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"The characters of the young ovary of ligustrum japonicum are very similar to
those of Fraxinus, ... The cotyledons of ligustrum japonicum represent the oval ..."
4. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1883)
"... and bolder appearance ligustrum japonicum in decidedly preferable, only Jt
requires rather more care in pruning and training to keep It within bounds. ..."
5. Ornamental Shrubs of the United States (hardy, Cultivated) by Austin Craig Apgar (1910)
"JAPAN PRIVET — ligustrum japonicum. G. Large shrub or tree to 20 feet with
spreading branches ; leaves 3-5 inches long. WAX PRIVET (484) —• Ligustrum ..."
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