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JAPANESE YEW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage; cultivated in the eastern United States
Synonyms:
Japanese yew; Taxus cuspidata
Classified under:
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)