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PLUM-FRUITED YEW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plum-fruited yew mean? 

PLUM-FRUITED YEW (noun)
  The noun PLUM-FRUITED YEW has 1 sense:

1. South American evergreen tree or shrubplay

  Familiarity information: PLUM-FRUITED YEW used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PLUM-FRUITED YEW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

South American evergreen tree or shrub

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

plum-fruited yew; Prumnopitys andina; Prumnopitys elegans

Hypernyms ("plum-fruited yew" is a kind of...):

conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)

Holonyms ("plum-fruited yew" is a member of...):

genus Prumnopitys; Prumnopitys (mostly dioecious evergreen conifers; leaves are softer than in Podocarpus)


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