Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aucuba

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-cu-ba
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several decorative evergreen shrubs of the genus Aucuba.

Etymology

Borrowed from taxonomic name Aucuba, from Japanese 青木葉 (aokiba, “aucuba leaf”).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: Aucuba, 青木

Inflected Forms

aucubas (plural)

Questions

What does aucuba mean?: Any of several decorative evergreen shrubs of the genus Aucuba.
Where does aucuba come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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