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Privet

//ˈpɹɪv.ɪt// intj, noun, slang

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    Hello, hi. informal
Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum. countable, uncountable

    "Slowly she turned round and faced towards a neat white bungalow, set some way back from the path behind a low hedge of golden privet. No light showed, but someone there was playing the piano. The strange elusiveness of the soft, insistent melody seemed to draw her forward."

  2. 2
    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 wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Unknown origin, but possibly connected to prime.

Etymology 2

From Russian приве́т (privét, “hello, hi”).

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