NEW CALEDONIAN YEW
Dictionary entry overview: What does New Caledonian yew mean? • NEW CALEDONIAN YEW (noun)
The noun NEW CALEDONIAN YEW has 1 sense:
1. large yew native to New Caledonia; cultivated in eastern Australia and New Zealand and Hawaii
Familiarity information: NEW CALEDONIAN YEW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NEW CALEDONIAN YEW (noun)
Meaning:
Large yew native to New Caledonia; cultivated in eastern Australia and New Zealand and Hawaii
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Austrotaxus spicata; New Caledonian yew
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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