aucuba
aucuba definition
au·cu·ba (ô′kyo̵̅o̅ bə)
noun
any of a genus (Aucuba) of evergreen shrubs of the dogwood family, grown for their variegated foliage and red berries
Etymology: ModL, prob. < Jpn < ao, green + ki, tree + ha, leaf
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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