TAXACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Taxaceae mean? 

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

1. sometimes classified as member of order Taxales

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAXACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sometimes classified as member of order Taxales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Taxaceae; Taxaceae; yew family

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

gymnosperm family (a family of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Taxaceae"):

genus Taxus; Taxus (yews)

yew (any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves)

Austrotaxus; genus Austrotaxus (a gymnosperm genus having one species: New Caledonian yew)

genus Pseudotaxus; Pseudotaxus (one species)

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

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