aucuba

As nouns the difference between terms and aucuba

is that terms is while aucuba is any of several decorative evergreen shrubs of the genus.

As nouns the difference between shrub and aucuba

is that shrub is a woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base or shrub can be a liquor composed of vegetable acid, fruit juice (especially lemon), sugar, sometimes vinegar, and a small amount of spirit as a preservative modern shrub is usually non-alcoholic, but in earlier times it was often mixed with a substantial amount of spirit such as brandy or rum, thus making it a liqueur while aucuba is any of several decorative evergreen shrubs of the genus.

As a verb shrub

is (obsolete) to lop; to prune.