HyperDic: plum-yew_family

English > 1 sense of the expression plum-yew family:
NOUNplantplum-yew family, Cephalotaxaceae, family Cephalotaxaceaea family of Cephalotaxaceae
English > plum-yew family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA family of Cephalotaxaceae.
SynonymsCephalotaxaceae, family Cephalotaxaceae
Member ofConiferales, order Coniferalesprofusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leaves
MembersCephalotaxus, genus CephalotaxusThe genus of Cephalotaxus (see plum-yews)
Torreya, genus Torreyanutmeg-yews
Broadergymnosperm familyA family of gymnosperms
CatalanCephalotaxaceae

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