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STINKING YEW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stinking yew mean?
• STINKING YEW (noun)
The noun STINKING YEW has 1 sense:
1. rare small evergreen of northern Florida; its glossy green leaves have an unpleasant fetid smell when crushed
Familiarity information: STINKING YEW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rare small evergreen of northern Florida; its glossy green leaves have an unpleasant fetid smell when crushed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
stinking cedar; stinking yew; Torrey tree; Torreya taxifolia
Hypernyms ("stinking yew" is a kind of...):
yew (any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves)
Holonyms ("stinking yew" is a member of...):
genus Torreya; Torreya (nutmeg-yews)
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