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GENUS AUCUBA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Aucuba mean?
• GENUS AUCUBA (noun)
The noun GENUS AUCUBA has 1 sense:
1. hardy evergreen dioecious shrubs and small trees from Japan
Familiarity information: GENUS AUCUBA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hardy evergreen dioecious shrubs and small trees from Japan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Aucuba; genus Aucuba
Hypernyms ("genus Aucuba" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Holonyms ("genus Aucuba" is a member of...):
Cornaceae; dogwood family; family Cornaceae (a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia)
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"Give your friend your blood and money." (Arabic proverb)
"Using a cannon to shoot a mosquito." (Dutch proverb)