TORREY TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Torrey tree mean? 

• TORREY TREE (noun)
  The noun TORREY TREE has 1 sense:

1. rare small evergreen of northern Florida; its glossy green leaves have an unpleasant fetid smell when crushed

  Familiarity information: TORREY TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TORREY TREE (noun)

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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 ("Torrey tree" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Torrey tree" is a member of...):

genus Torreya; Torreya (nutmeg-yews)