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Where does “Ligustrum” come from?

Ligustrum (English) comes from Latin ligustrum — privet.

Ligustrum (English): Any of several shrubs, of the genus "Ligustrum",...

Definitions

  1. Any of several shrubs, of the genus "Ligustrum",...

Ancestry of “Ligustrum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinligustrumprivet
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