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au•cu•ba
(ô′kyə bə),USA pronunciation n.
- Plant Biologyany shrub of the genus Aucuba, native to Asia, having evergreen leaves, clusters of purple flowers, and brightly colored berries.
- a(w)o green + ki(y) tree (earlier *koi)
- Japanese a(w)o-ku being green + -ba combining form of ha leaf (earlier fa, *pa); compare the Japanese name for the shrub ao-ki
- Neo-Latin, apparently
- 1783
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