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Definition of Mock privet

Mock privet
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. 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.

Meaning of Mock privet from wikipedia

- Phillyrea is a genus of two species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae, native to the Mediterranean region, and naturalized in the Canary Islands...
- Phillyrea angustifolia, the narrow-leaved mock privet, is a species of flowering plant in the olive family Oleaceae, native to the western and central...
- Phillyrea latifolia, commonly known as green olive tree or mock privet, is a species of tree in the family Oleaceae. It is native to the Mediterranean...
- inermis (Egyptian privet), the henna plant Mock privet (Phillyrea), a genus of two species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae Privet Drive, a fictional...
- found infecting three new hosts: Phillyrea (mock privet), Phillyrea angustifolia (narrow-leaved mock privet) and Chionanthus virginicus (white fringetree)...
- Notelaea ligustrina, known as the privet mock olive, native olive, doral or silkwood, is a plant in the olive family, found in southeastern Australia...
- garrigue in the southern. Plants as arbutus, Myrtus, pistacia lentiscus, mock privet, Mediterranean buckthorn, juniperus phoenicea and limonium sommierianum...
- Notelaea Vent. Olea L. – olive Osmanthus Lour. – osmanthus Phillyrea L. – mock-privet Picconia D.C. Priogymnanthus P.S.Green Tetrapilus Lour. The type genus...
- (Arbutus unedo), wild olive (Olea europaea), laurel (Laurus nobilis), mock privet (Phillyrea latifolia), the Italian buckthorn (Rhamnus alaternus), etc...
- Mock olive is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Large mock-olive Privet mock olive Veined mock olive Mock (disambiguation) Olive (disambiguation)...