NEW CALEDONIAN YEW

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 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)

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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)