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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 crushedplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


STINKING YEW (noun)


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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