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Vinony

privet

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪv.ɪt/

intj

Etymology: Etymology tree Russian приве́т (privét)bor. English privet Borrowed from Russian приве́т (privét, “hello, hi”).

  1. Hello, hi.

noun

Etymology: Unknown origin, but possibly connected to prime.

  1. 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.”