TORREYA TAXIFOLIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Torreya taxifolia mean? 

• TORREYA TAXIFOLIA (noun)
  The noun TORREYA TAXIFOLIA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: TORREYA TAXIFOLIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TORREYA TAXIFOLIA (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 ("Torreya taxifolia" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Torreya taxifolia" is a member of...):

genus Torreya; Torreya (nutmeg-yews)