Aucuba
a genus of plants belonging to the order cornacex, or cornels, a well known evergreen, with leaves like The only known species is A. japonica, those of the laurel in form and mottled with yellow.
AUDE (ōd), a maritime department in the S. of France; area, 2,438 square miles; mainly covered by hills belonging to the Pyrenees or the Cevennes, and traversed W. to E. by a valley drained by the Aude. The loftier districts are bleak and unproductive; the others tolerably fertile, yielding good crops of grain. The wines, especially white, bear comparison with any. Pop. about 300,000.