- spreading yew
- noun
: any of several cultivated yews that are usually derived from Japanese species and are characterized by low growth and much horizontal branching
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spreading yew
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yew — yew1 /yooh/, n. 1. any of several evergreen, coniferous trees and shrubs of the genera Taxus and Torreya, constituting the family Taxaceae, of the Old World, North America, and Japan, having needlelike or scalelike foliage and seeds enclosed in a … Universalium
Japanese yew — a yew, Taxus cuspidata, of Japan, grown as an ornamental. * * * ▪ plant also called spreading yew (Taxus cuspidata) an ornamental evergreen shrub or tree of the yew family (Taxaceae), native to Japan and widely cultivated in the Northern… … Universalium
Japanese yew — noun Taxus cuspidata Syn: Taxus cuspidata, spreading yew … Wiktionary
English yew — a yew, Taxus baccata, of Eurasia and northern Africa, grown as an ornamental. [1925 30] * * * ▪ plant also called common yew, or European yew (all three are lumber trade names), an ornamental evergreen tree or shrub of the yew family… … Universalium
Florida yew — noun small bushy yew of northern Florida having spreading branches and very narrow leaves • Syn: ↑Taxus floridana • Hypernyms: ↑yew • Member Holonyms: ↑Taxus, ↑genus Taxus * * * noun … Useful english dictionary
stinking yew — ▪ tree also called fetid yew, Florida torreya, or stinking cedar (species Torreya taxifolia), an ornamental evergreen conifer tree of the yew family (Taxaceae), limited in distribution to western Florida and southwestern Georgia, U.S. The … Universalium
hatfield yew — ˈhatˌfēld noun Usage: sometimes capitalized H Etymology: after T. D. Hatfield fl1900 American horticulturist : an ornamental yew that is a variety (Taxus cuspidata hatfieldii) of Japanese yew with ascending branches and wide spreading leaves … Useful english dictionary
Taxus cuspidata — Taxobox name = Taxus cuspidata status = LR/lc | status system = IUCN2.3 image width = 240px regnum = Plantae divisio = Pinophyta classis = Pinopsida ordo = Pinales familia = Taxaceae genus = Taxus species = T. cuspidata binomial = Taxus cuspidata … Wikipedia
Taxus cuspidata — ? Тис остроконечный Тис остроконечный Научная классификация Царство: Растения Отдел … Википедия
Tōno, Iwate — Japanese city| Name = Tōno JapaneseName = 遠野市| Region = Tohoku Prefecture = Iwate Area km2 = 825.62 | Population = 31,903 PopDate = 2006 Density km2 = 38.64 Mayor = Toshiaki Honda Coords= LatitudeDegrees= 39 LatitudeMinutes= 19 LatitudeSeconds=… … Wikipedia
