California nutmeg

California nutmeg
noun
California evergreen having a fruit resembling a nutmeg but with a strong turpentine flavor
Hypernyms: ↑yew
Member Holonyms: ↑Torreya, ↑genus Torreya

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized C
: a California evergreen tree (Torreya californica) having a fleshy fruit resembling a nutmeg but with a strong turpentine flavor

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a tall, pungently aromatic California evergreen tree, Torreya californica, of the yew family, having a fissured, gray-brown bark and small, purple-streaked, green fruit.
[1905-10, Amer.]

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  • California nutmeg — a tall, pungently aromatic California evergreen tree, Torreya californica, of the yew family, having a fissured, gray brown bark and small, purple streaked, green fruit. [1905 10, Amer.] * * * ▪ plant also called  stinking nutmeg,  or  California …   Universalium

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