TAXUS BACCATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Taxus baccata mean? 

• TAXUS BACCATA (noun)
  The noun TAXUS BACCATA has 1 sense:

1. predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world

  Familiarity information: TAXUS BACCATA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAXUS BACCATA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

English yew; Old World yew; Taxus baccata

Hypernyms ("Taxus baccata" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Taxus baccata" is a member of...):

genus Taxus; Taxus (yews)

 Context examples 

A compound obtained from the needles of the Taxus baccata tree that is used as a precursor of paclitaxel.

(Baccatin III, NCI Thesaurus)

Docetaxel is a semi-synthetic, second-generation taxane derived from a compound found in the European yew tree Taxus baccata.

(Nanoparticle Albumin-Bound Docetaxel, NCI Thesaurus)

A semi-synthetic, second-generation taxane derived from a compound found in the European yew tree, Taxus baccata.

(Docetaxel, NCI Thesaurus)