AUCUBA

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AUCUBA , the

Japanese

JAPANESE

name for a small genus of the

Dogwood

DOGWOOD (i.e. wood of the dog-tree; referred by the New
English
- ENGLISH
Dictionary to " dog," apparently as indicating inferiority; but by others connected with " (lag," "
dagger
- DAGGER
," and by Prior with A.S. dolt, a
brooch
- BROOCH, or
  BROACH
  - BROACH (Fr. broche, a pointed instrument, Med. Lat. brocca, cf. the Latin adjective brochus or broccus, projecting, used of teeth)
  - BROACH, or BHARUCH
  (from the Fr. broths, originally an awl or bodkin; a spit is sometimes called a
  broach
  - BROACH (Fr. broche, a pointed instrument, Med. Lat. brocca, cf. the Latin adjective brochus or broccus, projecting, used of teeth)
  - BROACH, or BHARUCH
  , and hence the phrase " to broach a barrel "; see BROKER)
-pin)

order (Cornaceae). The

familiar

FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

Japanese

JAPANESE

laurel of gardens and shrubberies is Aucuba japonica. It bears male and

female

FEMALE

flowers

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

on distinct

plants

PLANTS

; the red berries often last till the
next season's

flowers

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

appear. There are numerous varieties in cultivation, differing in the variegation of their leaves.

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