sarcococca
(sɑːkəʊˈkɒksə)
[mod.L. (J. Lindley 1826, in Bot. Reg. XII. 1012), f. sarco- + Gr. κόκκος seed.]
A small evergreen shrub of the genus so called, belonging to the family Buxaceæ, native to India, China, and Malaysia, and bearing clusters of white, often fragrant, flowers followed by black or red berries.
| 1914 W. J. Bean Trees & Shrubs Hardy in Brit. Isles II. 500 The hardy Sarcococcas, all Chinese, are neat and pleasing shrubs,..the flowers white, fragrant. 1972 Country Life 16 Mar. 624/2 Equally valuable for winter flowering are the evergreen sarcococcas. |