PLUM-YEW FAMILY

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

• PLUM-YEW FAMILY (noun)
  The noun PLUM-YEW FAMILY has 1 sense:

1. a family of Cephalotaxaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLUM-YEW FAMILY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of Cephalotaxaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cephalotaxaceae; family Cephalotaxaceae; plum-yew family

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

gymnosperm family (a family of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "plum-yew family"):

Cephalotaxus; genus Cephalotaxus (the genus of Cephalotaxus (see plum-yews))

genus Torreya; Torreya (nutmeg-yews)

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

Coniferales; order Coniferales (profusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leaves)