PODOCARPUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Podocarpus mean? 

• PODOCARPUS (noun)
  The noun PODOCARPUS has 1 sense:

1. evergreen trees or shrubs; sometimes classified as member of the family Taxaceae

  Familiarity information: PODOCARPUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PODOCARPUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Evergreen trees or shrubs; sometimes classified as member of the family Taxaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Podocarpus; Podocarpus

Hypernyms ("Podocarpus" is a kind of...):

gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Podocarpus"):

podocarp (any evergreen in the southern hemisphere of the genus Podocarpus having a pulpy fruit with one hard seed)

Podocarpus coriaceus; yacca; yacca podocarp (West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves)

brown pine; Podocarpus elatus; Rockingham podocarp (large Australian tree with straight-grained yellow wood that turns brown on exposure)

African yellowwood; cape yellowwood; Podocarpus elongatus (South African tree or shrub having a rounded crown)

Podocarpus latifolius; South-African yellowwood (erect or shrubby tree of Africa having ridged dark grey bark and rigid glossy medium to long leaves)

alpine totara; Podocarpus nivalis (low wide-spreading coniferous shrub of New Zealand mountains)

Podocarpus totara; totara (valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves)

Holonyms ("Podocarpus" is a member of...):

family Podocarpaceae; Podocarpaceae; podocarpus family (gymnosperms with simple persistent needlelike or scalelike leaves)