(n)semi-evergreen Japanese shrub having malodorous flowers; used extensively for hedges because more likely to stay green that common privet, Syn.Ligustrum ovalifolium
(n)erect evergreen treelike shrub of China and Korea and Japan having acuminate leaves and flowers in long erect panicles; resembles Japanese privet, Syn.Ligustrum lucidum, white wax tree
(n)evergreen shrub of Japan and Korea having small dark leaves and flowers in loose panicles; related to but smaller than Chinese privet, Syn.Ligustrum japonicum
[ひめつばき;ヒメツバキ, himetsubaki ; himetsubaki](n) (1) (uk) Chinese guger tree (species of evergreen, Schima wallichii); (2) (See 山茶花) sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua); (3) (arch) (See 鼠黐) Japanese privet (Ligustrum japonicum)[Add to Longdo]