JAPANESE YEW

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage; cultivated in the eastern United States

Synonyms:

Japanese yew; Taxus cuspidata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Japanese yew" is a kind of...):

yew (any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves)

Holonyms ("Japanese yew" is a member of...):

genus Taxus; Taxus (yews)

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