Definition of aucuba

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au·cu·ba

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NOUN:

Any of several eastern Asian evergreen shrubs of the genus Aucuba, especially A. japonica, grown as an ornamental chiefly for its glossy, leathery leaves.

ETYMOLOGY:
New Latin : possibly from Japanese auku, green + Japanese ba, leaved

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