TORREY TREE

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Meaning:

Rare small evergreen of northern Florida; its glossy green leaves have an unpleasant fetid smell when crushed

Synonyms:

stinking cedar; stinking yew; Torrey tree; Torreya taxifolia

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Torrey tree" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Torrey tree" is a member of...):

genus Torreya; Torreya (nutmeg-yews)

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