privet means any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.
privet is pronounced /ˈpɹɪv.ɪt/.
Etymology
Unknown origin, but possibly connected to prime.
noun
- Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum.“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.”