"aucuba" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: aucubas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from taxonomic name Aucuba, from Japanese 青木葉 (aokiba, “aucuba leaf”). Etymology templates: {{taxlink|Aucuba|genus}} Aucuba, {{bor|en|mul-tax|Aucuba}} taxonomic name Aucuba, {{der|en|ja|青木|青木葉|aucuba leaf|tr=aokiba}} Japanese 青木葉 (aokiba, “aucuba leaf”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} aucuba (plural aucubas)
  1. Any of several decorative evergreen shrubs of the genus Aucuba. Translations (shrub in genus Aucuba): aucuba [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), kiiltopensas (Finnish), aucuba [masculine] (French), aucuba [feminine] (Italian), 青木 (aoki) (Japanese), aukuba [feminine] (Polish), ауку́ба (aukúba) [feminine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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