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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Oleaceae — theprivets .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The vegetation is precisely the same as at Juggur, with the exception of a Ligustrum, which is common along the nullah.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Invasive plant species include privet (Ligustrum spp.), camphor laurel (Cinnamomum camphora), and Lantana camara.
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Among the trees which fructify freely are the orange, lemon, and citron trees, the pepper tree (_Schinus molle_), the camphor tree (_Ligustrum ovalifolium_), the locust tree (_Ceratona siliqua_), the Tree Veronica, the magnolia, and different species of the
The South of France—East Half C. B. Black
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About this place I first met with Thlaspi bursa pastoris, Malva rotundifolia also occurs, Ligustrum, Adhatoda!
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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The Latins named the Ligustrum (our Privet) Primrose.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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Euphorbia antiquorum, Jasminum of Benka, Ligustrum conaria, Mesp. microphyllus (are these two species confounded by me, as the larger-leaved one never descends so low?), Lerissoides, Osbeckia linearis, Euphorbia, Gordonia, Gymnobotrys.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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The following plants may be found about this place; Ligustrum, Salex pendula, Valeriana orolifolia, Campanula linearis, senecionideae, Viola,
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Ligustrum, Ficus frutex humelis, and a fine Indigofera occur.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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I only heard of the result of that experiment long after the death of the larvæ; otherwise I should have suggested the use of another plant after the destruction of the foliage of the lilacs; the privet (_Ligustrum vulgare_) might have been tried, and success obtained with it.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 Various
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"I must learn the names of some of these things," I thought, and I began to read the labels which stood among the flowers and shrubbery, for in such matters my mother was very strict and particular: _Abeleia grandiflora, Laurestinus, Olea fragrans, Ligustrum napalense, Rosa watsoniana_ ---- Now really could that thing be a rose?
We Three Gouverneur Morris 1914
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