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词汇 privet
释义 privet
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˈprɪv.ɪt/ us /ˈprɪv.ɪt/
an evergreen bush (= one that never loses its leaves), often grown as a hedge around the edges of gardens女贞(一种常绿灌木)
 
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Examples of privet


privet
It is rather like planting a privet hedge as a windbreak.
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Brush against a privet hedge in any local suburban garden and one's clothes are marked as badly as if one had stumbled against the grate.
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Topiary is at its most visible when somebody spends many years cutting their privet hedge into the shape of a beast or a heraldic emblem.
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Since it was a summer residence, it was not a concern that privet was deciduous and sheds its leaves in the fall.
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Privet can be removed by contacting local government agencies to report its presence.
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Insects are greatly affected by the proliferation of invasive species such as privet.
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When privet is invasive species, the cost of controlling and removing privet is economically detrimental, something that is problematic for conservation efforts.
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This will prevent the spread of the privet but will not eradicate it.
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Forsythias, lilacs, jasmines, osmanthuses, privets, and fringe trees are valued as ornamental plants in gardens and landscaping.
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The northern side is dominated by bracken, bramble, privet, hawthorn, cowslips and bell heather.
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It also has scrub with wild privet, dogwood and the wayfaring tree.
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The exotic shrubs that have become rampant are common buckthorn and common privet.
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It is also found in the leaves of privet.
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Several species of privet have become a nuisance in regions outside its range.
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Privet is manageable with mowing or cutting consistently, as closely to the ground as possible.
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