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Definition of: privet
(priv′it) noun
1. An ornamental, bushy European shrub (Ligustrum vulgare) with white flowers and black berries, used for hedges: naturalized in the United States.
2. Any other plants of the same genus.
3. The swamp privet, an oleaceous tree (Forestiera acuminata) of the southern United States. [Earlier primet; prob. infl. by private because of its screening effect]
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