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PARASITE YEW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does parasite yew mean?
• PARASITE YEW (noun)
The noun PARASITE YEW has 1 sense:
1. rare and endangered monoecious parasitic conifer of New Caledonia; parasitic on Falcatifolium taxoides
Familiarity information: PARASITE YEW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rare and endangered monoecious parasitic conifer of New Caledonia; parasitic on Falcatifolium taxoides
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Parasitaxus ustus; parasite yew
Hypernyms ("parasite yew" is a kind of...):
parasitic plant (plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it)
Holonyms ("parasite yew" is a member of...):
genus Parasitaxus; Parasitaxus (one species: parasite yew)
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