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Definition of Florida yew
1. Noun. Small bushy yew of northern Florida having spreading branches and very narrow leaves.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Florida Yew
Literary usage of Florida yew
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"(T. Floridana) Florida yew There are six known species of yew, all confined to
the Northern Hemisphere. ..."
2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"The Florida yew is a tree 10 to 20 ft. high, growing in middle and western
Florida ; it has very narrow, distinctly petioled, pointed leaves, ..."
3. Our Trees, how to Know Them by Clarence Moores Weed (1918)
"In a limited district in Northern Florida is a more or less tree-like Yew called
the Florida yew (Taxus Floridana) which is commonly ranked as a distinct ..."
4. Practical Forestry: A Treatise on the Propagation, Planting, and Cultivation by Andrew Samuel Fuller (1910)
"Florida yew.—Leaves quite narrow and sharp-pointed, with revolute margins, closely
resembling those of the last. A small tree on the banks of the ..."
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