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TORREY TREE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
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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