Definition of Chinese privet

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: Ligustrum Lucidum, White Wax Tree
Generic synonyms: Privet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinese Privet

Chinese mustard
Chinese numeral
Chinese olive
Chinese olives
Chinese overtime
Chinese paddlefish
Chinese pangolin
Chinese pangolins
Chinese parasol
Chinese parasol tree
Chinese parsley
Chinese pea tree
Chinese pheasant
Chinese pheasants
Chinese primrose
Chinese privet
Chinese puzzle
Chinese puzzles
Chinese ragwort
Chinese red
Chinese reds
Chinese restaurant syndrome
Chinese rhubarb
Chinese scholar tree
Chinese scholartree
Chinese silk plant
Chinese silver
Chinese snooker
Chinese squeeze
Chinese squeezes

Literary usage of Chinese privet

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

1. Andorra Nurseries: Wm. Warner Harper, Proprietor, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia by William Warner Harper (1903)
"chinese privet. (.Z.) Of broader habit than the Amoor Privet. ... Dwarf Chinese Privet. (Л/) A dwarf variety that will give a particularly pleasing effect ..."

2. The Pinetum: Being a Synosis of All the Coniferous Plants at Present Known by George Gordon, Henry George Bohn (1880)
"LUCIDUM, chinese privet , — I 6 ARGENTEUM VARIEGATUM — I 6 AUREUM — I 6 Two very handsome kinds of chinese privet; foliage margined with gold and silver ..."

3. Ornamental Shrubs of the United States (hardy, Cultivated) by Austin Craig Apgar (1910)
"chinese privet — Ligustrum sinense. F. Shrub to 6 feet with about sessile flowers in small clusters. LATE-FLOWERING PRIVET — Ligustrum ..."

4. The New American Orchardist, Or an Account of the Most Valuable Varieties of by W. Kendrick (1848)
"^chinese privet. (L. sinensis.) A variety with leaves of the same dark green as the preceding, but of much larger size. 98. ..."

5. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1907)
"A chinese privet of a wiry dwarf character, with small leaves, and the branches covered with a purple down ; flowering freely and rather showily. ..."

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