privet
noun
any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Ligustrum, especially L. vulgare, having clusters of small white flowers and commonly grown as a hedge.
privets
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pluralof privet.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Most people come to Bekonscot for containment and trimmed privets, for a place forever amber.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 23, 2018
The yard was so massed with tall privets that he couldn’t see much of the house.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Other plants that hold their leaves and are good for hedges are the common box and the privets.
From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by L. H. (Liberty Hyde) Bailey
Off we went, dodging laurels and privets, and poured out on to the lawn, a disordered company.
From The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer
Trust not too much to colour, beauteous boy; White privets fall, dark hyacinths are culled.
From The Bucolics and Eclogues by Virgil
