(n) evergreen shrub of Japan and Korea having small dark leaves and flowers in loose panicles; related to but smaller than Chinese privet, Syn. Ligustrum japonicum
[ひめつばき;ヒメツバキ, himetsubaki ; himetsubaki] (n) (1) (uk) Chinese guger tree (species of evergreen, Schima wallichii); (2) (See 山茶花) sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua); (3) (arch) (See 鼠黐) Japanese privet (Ligustrum japonicum)