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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 shrub
Familiarity information: PLUM-FRUITED YEW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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