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aucuba

aucuba noun: any of several decorative evergreen shrubs of the genus Aucuba.

aucuba: any of several decorative evergreen shrubs of the genus Aucuba
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Noun

aucuba (plural aucubas)

  1. Any of several decorative evergreen shrubs of the genus Aucuba.

Forms of aucuba

pluralaucubas

Origin of aucuba

Borrowed from taxonomic name Aucuba, from Japanese 青木葉 (aokiba, “aucuba leaf”).

Questions about aucuba

What does aucuba mean?
Aucuba means any of several decorative evergreen shrubs of the genus Aucuba.
What part of speech is aucuba?
Aucuba is a noun.
What is the plural of aucuba?
The plural of aucuba is aucubas.

Words near aucuba in the dictionary

  1. auctorities
  2. auctors
  3. auctour
  4. auctours
  5. auctrix
  6. aucuba
  7. aucubas
  8. aucubigenin
  9. aucubin
  10. aucuparin
  11. aucupate

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