privet

Etymology 1

Unknown origin, but possibly connected to prime.

noun

  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. 1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 1, in The Subtle Minotaur

Etymology 2

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

intj

  1. (informal) Hello, hi.

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