hedge sparrow
sparrow dunnock
Prunella modularis | small brownish European songbird |
hedge
hedgerow | a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes |
| hedge trimmer | a garden tool for trimming hedges |
| privet hedge | hedge of privet plants |
hedge
hedging | an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement, when you say `maybe' you are just hedging |
hedge fund
hedgefund | a flexible investment company for a small number of large investors (usually the minimum investment is $ million), can use highisk techniques (not allowed for mutual funds) such as short-selling and heavy leveraging |
hedge thorn
natal plum Carissa bispinosa | South African shrub having forked spines and plumlike fruit, frequently used as hedging |
soapwort
hedge pink
bouncing Bet
bouncing Bess
Saponaria officinalis | plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised |
garlic mustard
hedge garlic
sauce-alone
jack-by-the-hedge
Alliaria officinalis | European herb that smells like garlic |
hedge mustard
Sisymbrium officinale | stiffly branching Old World annual with pale yellow flowers, widely naturalized in North America, formerly used medicinally |
maleberry
male berry
privet andromeda
he-huckleberry
Lyonia ligustrina | deciduous much-branched shrub with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers |
| privet | any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries, many used for hedges |
Amur privet
Ligustrum amurense | eastern Asian shrub cultivated especially for its persistent foliage |
ibolium privet
ibota privet
Ligustrum ibolium | fast-growing and tightly branched hybrid of Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum obtusifolium |
Japanese privet
Ligustrum japonicum | evergreen shrub of Japan and Korea having small dark leaves and flowers in loose panicles, related to but smaller than Chinese privet |
Chinese privet
white wax tree
Ligustrum lucidum | erect evergreen treelike shrub of China and Korea and Japan having acuminate leaves and flowers in long erect panicles, resembles Japanese privet |
California privet
Ligustrum ovalifolium | semi-evergreen Japanese shrub having malodorous flowers, used extensively for hedges because more likely to stay green that common privet |
common privet
Ligustrum vulgare | deciduous semi-evergreen shrub used for hedges |
| mock privet | evergreen shrub with white flowers and olivelike fruits |
hedge violet
wood violet Viola sylvatica
Viola reichenbachiana | common European violet that grows in woods and hedgerows |
hedge maple
field maple
Acer campestre | shrubby Eurasian maple often used as a hedge |
hedge bindweed
wild morning-glory Calystegia sepium
Convolvulus sepium | common Eurasian and American wild climber with pink flowers, sometimes placed in genus Convolvulus |
| hedge nettle dead nettle Stachys sylvatica | foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome |
| hedge nettle Stachys palustris | perennial herb with an odorless rhizome widespread in moist places in northern hemisphere |
hedge
hedging | any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk, for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change |
| hedge | minimize loss or risk, diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks, hedge your bets |
b hedge
fudge
evade
put off circumvent
parry
elude
skirt
dodge
duck
sidestep | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues), He dodged the issue, she skirted the problem, They tend to evade their responsibilities, he evaded the questions skillfully |
hedge
hedge in | enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges, hedge the property |
| hedge | hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge, The animals were hedged in |