Ligustrum
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9.6
- noun
- /lɪˈɡʌstrəm/
- Specialized
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- Many homeowners prefer ligustrum for their hedges because they are easy to maintain.
- Ligustrum hedge
Examples
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Our house is large, old, and conspicuous—typical of the French Quarter—and the garden gate is a distance from the back door, blocked from it by thick ligustrums.
Fiction book (2001) -
When I found him, he was asleep behind the ligustrums in the far corner.
Fiction book (2001) -
Bamboo and ligustrum, two highly invasive plants, ruled the landscape around the home Jay Collins moved into in 2001.
Blog text (1) -
The sky was overcast and dully illuminated by the reflection of the city lights, and down below me, the lawn seemed to exhale a kind of dim light of its own, with islands of profound darkness around the grove of banana trees and the masses of sweet olive and ligustrum.
Fiction book (1997) -
The garden was beautifully lined with ligustrum shrubs, creating a lush green boundary.
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He trimmed the tall ligustrum hedge to keep the garden looking neat and tidy.
Synonyms
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8.1
A dense bush with small white flowers and black berries often used as a hedge
Compounds
- Specialized
A shrub from eastern Asia used for hedges that keeps its leaves in winter
- Specialized
An evergreen shrub with small dark leaves and loose white flowers often used for hedges
- Specialized
An evergreen tree or large shrub with shiny leaves and clusters of white flowers
- Specialized
A small bush with arching branches and dense green leaves used for hedges
- Specialized
A bush that stays green for most of the year and has strong-smelling summer flowers
- Specialized
A bush often grown for hedges with dark leaves, white flowers, and berries
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ligustrum comes from an old Latin name for the privet and likely from the verb ligare, which means 'to bind'. People once used its flexible twigs for tying, so the name fits a shrub often used for hedges.