aucuba

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au·cu·ba

A0515700 (ô′kyə-bə)n. Any of several Asian evergreen shrubs of the genus Aucuba, especially A. japonica, grown as an ornamental chiefly for its glossy, leathery leaves.

[New Latin Aucuba, genus name, from Japanese dialectal aokiba; akin to Japanese aoki : ao-, green + ki, tree (from its green twigs ).]

aucuba

(ˈɔːkjəbə; ɔːˈkjuːbə) n (Plants) an ornamental evergreen Japanese laurel

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Aucuba - hardy evergreen dioecious shrubs and small trees from Japangenus Aucubarosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plantsCornaceae, dogwood family, family Cornaceae - a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia

Aucuba

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Aucuba

(also gold-dust tree), a genus of plants of the Cor-naceae (Dogwood) family. There are three species in the Himalayas, China, Japan, and Korea. Aucuba japonica is an evergreen dioecious shrub with large leaves, tiny flowers appearing in panicles, and red, yellow, or white fruits in the form of berries. It grows in Korea and Japan and is cultivated on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus and Crimea in open soil. A favorite decorative house and greenhouse plant, it has many garden varieties.

REFERENCES

Derev’ia i kustarniki SSSR, vol. 5. Moscow-Leningrad, 1960.
Kiselev, G. E. Tsvetovodstvo, 3rd ed. Moscow, 1964.

Aucuba

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Related to Aucuba: Daphne laureola

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Synonyms for Aucuba

noun hardy evergreen dioecious shrubs and small trees from Japan

Synonyms

genus Aucuba

Related Words

rosid dicot genus
Cornaceae
dogwood family
family Cornaceae

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