(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]