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FLORIDA YEW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Florida yew mean? 

FLORIDA YEW (noun)
  The noun FLORIDA YEW has 1 sense:

1. small bushy yew of northern Florida having spreading branches and very narrow leavesplay

  Familiarity information: FLORIDA YEW used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FLORIDA YEW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small bushy yew of northern Florida having spreading branches and very narrow leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Florida yew; Taxus floridana

Hypernyms ("Florida yew" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Florida yew" is a member of...):

genus Taxus; Taxus (yews)


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