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GENUS AUSTROTAXUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Austrotaxus mean? 

GENUS AUSTROTAXUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS AUSTROTAXUS has 1 sense:

1. a gymnosperm genus having one species: New Caledonian yewplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS AUSTROTAXUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS AUSTROTAXUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A gymnosperm genus having one species: New Caledonian yew

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Austrotaxus; genus Austrotaxus

Hypernyms ("genus Austrotaxus" is a kind of...):

gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "genus Austrotaxus"):

Austrotaxus spicata; New Caledonian yew (large yew native to New Caledonia; cultivated in eastern Australia and New Zealand and Hawaii)

Holonyms ("genus Austrotaxus" is a member of...):

family Taxaceae; Taxaceae; yew family (sometimes classified as member of order Taxales)


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