noun
shrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage; cultivated in the eastern United States
• Syn: ↑Taxus cuspidata
• Hypernyms: ↑yew
• Member Holonyms: ↑Taxus, ↑genus Taxus
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nounUsage: usually capitalized J
: a shrubby hardy evergreen (Taxus cuspidata) of China and Japan that has lustrous dark green foliage and is cultivated in many horticultural forms
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a yew, Taxus cuspidata, of Japan, grown as an ornamental.
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Japanese yew,
an evergreen tree or shrub native to Asia, with flat, dark-green needles and scaly, reddish-brown bark, commonly grown for ornament.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.