aucuban.
/ˈɔːkjʊbə/ Botany.
1. A well-known hardy evergreen diœcious shrub ( Aucuba Japonica, family Cornaceæ), with laurel-like leaves usually blotched with pale yellow, grown for ornamental purposes.
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ambrosieOE
minced pie1739
Christmas bush1750
black-gum1785
Nandina1787
allamanda1789
restio1796
moutan1808
tree peony1811
snowberry1815
aucuba1819
zamang1819
Deutzia1837
ground-jasmine1848
nandin1866
heavenly bamboo1871
spathodea1873
Escallonia1882
nanten1884
o-matsu1916
Japanese pagoda tree1924
dove tree1933
1819 A. Rees Cycl. III Aucuba, a large Japanese tree..introduced by Mr. John Grœfer in 1783.
1862 S. Partridge Eng. Months 10 The aucuba shows in the shrubbery his broadening leaf Spotted with gold.
2. aucuba mosaic [mosaic n.] , a mosaic disease which attacks the leaves of solanaceous plants.
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curl1790
leaf curl1850
leafroll1859
aucuba mosaic1922
rugose mosaic1923
1922 H. M. Quanjer in Rep. Internat. Potato Conf. 136 On account of its resemblance to the variegation of Aucuba japonica, I call it Aucuba-mosaic [of potato].
1936 Nature 21 Mar. 500/2 It was not..possible to distinguish serologically the viruses of tobacco mosaic, aucuba mosaic and tomato streak.
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