PACIFIC YEW

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood

Synonyms:

California yew; Pacific yew; Taxus brevifolia; western yew

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

genus Taxus; Taxus (yews)

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