privet

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priv·et /ˈprɪvɪt/ noun [uncountable]  HBPa bush with leaves that stay green all year, often grown to form a hedge 女贞〔常形成树篱的常青灌木〕

Examples from the Corpus

privet• It had a newly thatched roof and was enclosed inside a privet hedge.• It tasted like a privet hedge.• At Green Animals, severe cold has been known to make a privet nose wither.• Boxwood grows slowly, but fast-growing privet can turn shaggy in a week.• For weeks they talked of nothing but Polly and her privet bird.• One morning Polly looked at her privet bush and sighed.• He was having a go at the privet hen.• Polly parked the privet bird and began to shop.

priv·et nounChineseSyllable  

year, a all with Corpus leaves often grown stay that bush green

privet
priv‧et /ˈprɪvət, ˈprɪvɪt/ noun [uncountable]
a bush with leaves that stay green all year, often grown to form a hedge

privetBrE /ˈprɪvɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈprɪvɪt/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a bush with small dark green leaves that remain on the bush and stay green all year, often used for garden hedges 女贞（常绿灌木，常用作花园绿篱）◆a privet hedge女贞树篱