NEW CALEDONIAN YEW

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Meaning:

Large yew native to New Caledonia; cultivated in eastern Australia and New Zealand and Hawaii

Synonyms:

Austrotaxus spicata; New Caledonian yew

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("New Caledonian yew" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("New Caledonian yew" is a member of...):

Austrotaxus; genus Austrotaxus (a gymnosperm genus having one species: New Caledonian yew)

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