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Definition of Taxaceae
1. Noun. Sometimes classified as member of order Taxales.
Generic synonyms: Gymnosperm Family
Group relationships: Coniferales, Order Coniferales
Member holonyms: Genus Taxus, Taxus, Yew, Austrotaxus, Genus Austrotaxus, Genus Pseudotaxus, Pseudotaxus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Taxaceae
Literary usage of Taxaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1910)
"Two families are recognized : Taxaceae, in general with fleshy seeds and freely
exposed ... The Taxaceae comprise about eleven genera and 100 species; ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1896)
"Taxaceae Lindi. Nat. Syst. Ed. 2, 316. 1836. Trees or shrubs, resin-bearing except
Taxus. Leaves evergreen or decid- linear, or in several exotic genera ..."
3. Morphology of Spermatophytes by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1901)
"there are at least two great divergent families of Conifers, the Taxaceae and
Pinaceae, differing from each other not only in certain important ..."
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