CALIFORNIA YEW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does California yew mean? 

• CALIFORNIA YEW (noun)
  The noun CALIFORNIA YEW has 1 sense:

1. small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood

  Familiarity information: CALIFORNIA YEW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALIFORNIA YEW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

California yew; Pacific yew; Taxus brevifolia; western yew

Hypernyms ("California yew" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("California yew" is a member of...):

genus Taxus; Taxus (yews)