Definition of Taxaceae

1. Noun. Sometimes classified as member of order Taxales.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Taxaceae

Taussig
Taussig-Bing disease
Taussig-Bing syndrome
Tausug
Tautoga
Tautoga onitis
Tautogolabrus
Tautogolabrus adspersus
Tavastian
Tavastians
Tavros
Tawara
Tawara's node
Tawe
Tawney
Taxaceae (current term)
Taxales
Taxidea
Taxidea taxus
Taxodiaceae
Taxodium
Taxodium ascendens
Taxodium distichum
Taxodium mucronatum
Taxol
Taxophytina
Taxopsida
Taxus
Taxus baccata
Taxus brevifolia

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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