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noun
Any plant of the genus Sarcococca, native to Asia and Central America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences, taxonomy
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from translingual Sarcococca. Further from Ancient Greek σᾰ́ρξ (sắrx, “flesh”) + Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”) + translingual -a f.
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