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aucuba

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au·cu·ba  (ôky-b)
n.
Any of several eastern Asian evergreen shrubs of the genus Aucuba, especially A. japonica, grown as an ornamental chiefly for its glossy, leathery leaves.
[New Latin : possibly from Japanese auku, green + Japanese ba, leaved.]
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Noun1.aucuba - hardy evergreen dioecious shrubs and small trees from JapanAucuba - hardy evergreen dioecious shrubs and small trees from Japan
genus Aucuba
rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
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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TOP LIME LOVERS These tolerate a limey soil well: Aesculus Cercis siliquastrum Malus, Prunus sargentii Pyrus, Sorbus aria Aucuba japonica Buddleia davidii Cistus Choisya ternata Forsythia Hebe Lonicera Philadelphus Potentilla Syringa Viburnum CAPTION(S): VIVID: Potentilla THRIVING: Buddleia davidii likes alkaline soil PRETTY: Cistus BLOOMS: Viburnums thrive in alkaline soil
Chalk it up.. Gardening by The Mirror (London, England)
Introduce shrubs which offer all-year foliage, such as the spotted Aucuba japonica or a variegated euonymus, and replace beds of annuals with shrubs to reduce the amount of time you need to dig up and change plants.
BORDER country by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
Introduce shrubs which offer all-year foliage, such as the spotted Aucuba japonica or a variegated euonymus, and replace beds of annuals with shrubs to reduce the amount of time you need to dig up and change plants.
Beautiful borders without breaking into a sweat; gardening by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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