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privet
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Privet
(gcide) | Privet \Priv"et\, n. [Cf. Scot. privie, Prov. E. prim-print,
primwort. Prob. for primet, and perh. named from being cut
and trimmed. See, Prim, a., and cf. Prime to prune,
Prim, n., Prie, n.] (Bot.)
An ornamental European shrub (Ligustrum vulgare), much used
in hedges; -- called also prim.
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Egyptian privet. See Lawsonia.
Evergreen privet, a plant of the genus Rhamnus. See
Alatern.
Mock privet, any one of several evergreen shrubs of the
genus Phillyrea. They are from the Mediterranean region,
and have been much cultivated for hedges and for
fancifully clipped shrubberies.
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privet
(wn) | privet
n 1: 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 |
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common privet
(encz) | common privet, n: |
ibolium privet
(encz) | ibolium privet, n: |
ibota privet
(encz) | ibota privet, n: |
mock privet
(encz) | mock privet, n: |
privet
(encz) | privet,ptačí zob n: Zdeněk Brož |
privet andromeda
(encz) | privet andromeda, n: |
privet hedge
(encz) | privet hedge, n: |
Egyptian privet
(gcide) | Lawsonia \Law*so"ni*a\, n. (Bot.)
An Asiatic and North African shrub (Lawsonia inermis), with
smooth oval leaves, and fragrant white flowers. Henna is
prepared from the leaves and twigs. In England the shrub is
called Egyptian privet, and in the West Indies, {Jamaica
mignonette}.
[1913 Webster]Privet \Priv"et\, n. [Cf. Scot. privie, Prov. E. prim-print,
primwort. Prob. for primet, and perh. named from being cut
and trimmed. See, Prim, a., and cf. Prime to prune,
Prim, n., Prie, n.] (Bot.)
An ornamental European shrub (Ligustrum vulgare), much used
in hedges; -- called also prim.
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Egyptian privet. See Lawsonia.
Evergreen privet, a plant of the genus Rhamnus. See
Alatern.
Mock privet, any one of several evergreen shrubs of the
genus Phillyrea. They are from the Mediterranean region,
and have been much cultivated for hedges and for
fancifully clipped shrubberies.
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Evergreen privet
(gcide) | Privet \Priv"et\, n. [Cf. Scot. privie, Prov. E. prim-print,
primwort. Prob. for primet, and perh. named from being cut
and trimmed. See, Prim, a., and cf. Prime to prune,
Prim, n., Prie, n.] (Bot.)
An ornamental European shrub (Ligustrum vulgare), much used
in hedges; -- called also prim.
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Egyptian privet. See Lawsonia.
Evergreen privet, a plant of the genus Rhamnus. See
Alatern.
Mock privet, any one of several evergreen shrubs of the
genus Phillyrea. They are from the Mediterranean region,
and have been much cultivated for hedges and for
fancifully clipped shrubberies.
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Mock privet
(gcide) | Privet \Priv"et\, n. [Cf. Scot. privie, Prov. E. prim-print,
primwort. Prob. for primet, and perh. named from being cut
and trimmed. See, Prim, a., and cf. Prime to prune,
Prim, n., Prie, n.] (Bot.)
An ornamental European shrub (Ligustrum vulgare), much used
in hedges; -- called also prim.
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Egyptian privet. See Lawsonia.
Evergreen privet, a plant of the genus Rhamnus. See
Alatern.
Mock privet, any one of several evergreen shrubs of the
genus Phillyrea. They are from the Mediterranean region,
and have been much cultivated for hedges and for
fancifully clipped shrubberies.
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pipe privet
(gcide) | Pipe \Pipe\, n. [AS. p[imac]pe, probably fr. L. pipare, pipire,
to chirp; of imitative origin. Cf. Peep, Pibroch,
Fife.]
1. A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes
of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces
musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pipe; the pipe of an
organ. "Tunable as sylvan pipe." --Milton.
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Now had he rather hear the tabor and the pipe.
--Shak.
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2. Any long tube or hollow body of wood, metal, earthenware,
or the like: especially, one used as a conductor of water,
steam, gas, etc.
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3. A small bowl with a hollow stem, -- used in smoking
tobacco, and, sometimes, other substances.
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4. A passageway for the air in speaking and breathing; the
windpipe, or one of its divisions.
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5. The key or sound of the voice. [R.] --Shak.
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6. The peeping whistle, call, or note of a bird.
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The earliest pipe of half-awakened birds.
--Tennyson.
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7. pl. The bagpipe; as, the pipes of Lucknow.
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8. (Mining) An elongated body or vein of ore.
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9. A roll formerly used in the English exchequer, otherwise
called the Great Roll, on which were taken down the
accounts of debts to the king; -- so called because put
together like a pipe. --Mozley & W.
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10. (Naut.) A boatswain's whistle, used to call the crew to
their duties; also, the sound of it.
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11. [Cf. F. pipe, fr. pipe a wind instrument, a tube, fr. L.
pipare to chirp. See Etymol. above.] A cask usually
containing two hogsheads, or 126 wine gallons; also, the
quantity which it contains.
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Pipe fitter, one who fits pipes together, or applies pipes,
as to an engine or a building.
Pipe fitting, a piece, as a coupling, an elbow, a valve,
etc., used for connecting lengths of pipe or as accessory
to a pipe.
Pipe office, an ancient office in the Court of Exchequer,
in which the clerk of the pipe made out leases of crown
lands, accounts of cheriffs, etc. [Eng.]
Pipe tree (Bot.), the lilac and the mock orange; -- so
called because their were formerly used to make pipe
stems; -- called also pipe privet.
Pipe wrench, or Pipe tongs, a jawed tool for gripping a
pipe, in turning or holding it.
To smoke the pipe of peace, to smoke from the same pipe in
token of amity or preparatory to making a treaty of peace,
-- a custom of the American Indians.
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amur privet
(wn) | Amur privet
n 1: eastern Asian shrub cultivated especially for its
persistent foliage [syn: Amur privet, {Ligustrum
amurense}] |
california privet
(wn) | California privet
n 1: semi-evergreen Japanese shrub having malodorous flowers;
used extensively for hedges because more likely to stay
green that common privet [syn: California privet,
Ligustrum ovalifolium] |
chinese privet
(wn) | Chinese privet
n 1: erect evergreen treelike shrub of China and Korea and Japan
having acuminate leaves and flowers in long erect panicles;
resembles Japanese privet [syn: Chinese privet, {white
wax tree}, Ligustrum lucidum] |
common privet
(wn) | common privet
n 1: deciduous semi-evergreen shrub used for hedges [syn:
common privet, Ligustrum vulgare] |
ibolium privet
(wn) | ibolium privet
n 1: fast-growing and tightly branched hybrid of Ligustrum
ovalifolium and Ligustrum obtusifolium [syn: {ibolium
privet}, ibota privet, Ligustrum ibolium] |
ibota privet
(wn) | ibota privet
n 1: fast-growing and tightly branched hybrid of Ligustrum
ovalifolium and Ligustrum obtusifolium [syn: {ibolium
privet}, ibota privet, Ligustrum ibolium] |
japanese privet
(wn) | Japanese privet
n 1: evergreen shrub of Japan and Korea having small dark leaves
and flowers in loose panicles; related to but smaller than
Chinese privet [syn: Japanese privet, {Ligustrum
japonicum}] |
mock privet
(wn) | mock privet
n 1: evergreen shrub with white flowers and olivelike fruits |
privet
(wn) | privet
n 1: 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 |
privet andromeda
(wn) | privet andromeda
n 1: deciduous much-branched shrub with dense downy panicles of
small bell-shaped white flowers [syn: maleberry, {male
berry}, privet andromeda, he-huckleberry, {Lyonia
ligustrina}] |
privet hedge
(wn) | privet hedge
n 1: hedge of privet plants |
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