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UK
/pɹˈɪvɪt/
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NOUN
- any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries; many used for hedges
How To Use privet In A Sentence
- Swirling robins and starlings competed for the red berries of the barberry and the blue berries of the privet.
- The front garden includes an evergreen magnolia, topiary spirals in pots, standard privets as well as hardy plantings in terracotta pots.
- For favorite evergreen shrubs that can be espaliered, Garland Nursery's Karen Hobson lists the following: waxleaf privet (Ligustrum texanum), cotoneaster parneyi, euonymous japonica (many varieties), loropetalum, ceanothus, and photinia. Undefined
- Much softer than the privet, which is so hard it should be used to build houses. Killer-The Final Chapter? « Fairegarden
- The overstory and understory are dominated by hackberry and privet, respectively.
- Of course, by now he's across, safe and sound, rolling up the rise to park beside the stand of privet. AUGUST HEAT
- Chinese privet is most abundant along margins of gravel and paved roads, where it often forms dense, impenetrable stands with relatively dark understories.
- Other seasonal berries include ilex winterberry, privet and, yes, holly. Side-Table Sparkle
- Plants such as privet or barberry need severe pruning immediately after planting and at the beginning of the second year to make them bushy.
- Miss Privett said he had achieved a considerable amount during his career and listed a string of credits which St Leonards had gained under his headship.