JAPANESE YEW
Dictionary entry overview: What does Japanese yew mean? • JAPANESE YEW (noun)
The noun JAPANESE YEW has 1 sense:
1. shrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage; cultivated in the eastern United States
Familiarity information: JAPANESE YEW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• JAPANESE YEW (noun)
Meaning:
Shrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage; cultivated in the eastern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Japanese yew; Taxus cuspidata
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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