coprosma

British  

/ kəˈprɒzmə /

noun

1. any shrub of the Australasian rubiaceous genus Coprosma: sometimes planted for ornament

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Etymology

Origin of coprosma

C19: New Latin, from Greek kopros excrement + osmē smell

Example Sentences

Shiny-leaved dark green shrub, on borders in court, coprosma.

From The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts and palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with a discussion of its architecture, its sculpture, its mural decorations, its coloring and its lighting, preceded by a history of its growth by Barry, John D. (John Daniel)