Usually means: Dense, hardy shrub used frequently.
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We found 30 dictionaries that define the word privet:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. privet: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. privet: Merriam-Webster
  3. privet: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. privet: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. privet: Collins English Dictionary
  6. privet: Vocabulary.com
  7. Privet, privet: Wordnik
  8. privet: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. privet: Wiktionary
  10. privet: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. privet: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. privet: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Privet, privet: Dictionary.com
  14. privet: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Privet (disambiguation), Privet: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Privet: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. privet: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. privet: Rhymezone
  19. Privet: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. privet: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. privet: FreeDictionary.org
  22. privet: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. privet: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. privet: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. privet: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Garden Flower, Shrub and Tree Glossary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. privet: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum.

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