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

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AUCUBA , the

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JAPANESE

Japanese name for a small genus of the

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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)

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order (Cornaceae) . The

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

familiar Japanese

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LAUREL

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

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FEMALE

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FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers on distinct

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PLANTS

plants; the red berries often last till the next

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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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