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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 896 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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AUCUBA , the See also:

JAPANESE

Japanese name for a small genus of the See also:

DOGWOOD (i.e. wood of the dog-tree; referred by the New English Dictionary to " dog," apparently as indicating inferiority; but by others connected with " (lag," " dagger," and by Prior with A.S. dolt, a brooch-pin)

Dogwood See also:

order (Cornaceae). The See also:

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

familiar Japanese See also:

LAUREL

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

FEMALE

female See also:

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers on distinct See also:

PLANTS

plants; the red berries often last till the next See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season's flowers appear. There are numerous varieties in cultivation, differing in the variegation of their leaves.

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