Definition of Taxus baccata

1. Noun. Predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world.

Exact synonyms: English Yew, Old World Yew
Group relationships: Genus Taxus, Taxus
Generic synonyms: Yew

Lexicographical Neighbors of Taxus Baccata

Tawe
Tawney
Taxaceae
Taxales
Taxidea
Taxidea taxus
Taxodiaceae
Taxodium
Taxodium ascendens
Taxodium distichum
Taxodium mucronatum
Taxol
Taxophytina
Taxopsida
Taxus
Taxus baccata (current term)
Taxus brevifolia
Taxus cuspidata
Taxus floridana
Tay
Tay's cherry-red spot
Tay-Sachs
Tay-Sachs carrier
Tay-Sachs disease
Tayalic

Literary usage of Taxus baccata

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bradley Bibliography: A Guide to the Literature of the Woody Plants of by Alfred Rehder, Charles Sprague Sargent (1914)
"Einige Bemerkungen über die giftige Eigenschaft des Taxus, Taxus baccata L. ... Seydler, F. Vorkommen und Verbreitung von Trapa natans und Taxus baccata in ..."

2. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1902)
"Taxus baccata. Yew. NO Conifers. Tincture of the fresh young shoots. (Tincture of the berries.) Clinical.—Ciliary neuralgia. Cystitis. Digestion, too rapid. ..."

3. The Pinetum: Being a Synopsis of All the Coniferous Plants at Present Known by George Gordon, Robert Glendinning (1858)
"baccata microphylla, Hort. A small slender variety, with small foliage, and rather erect slender twigs, very distinct in appearance. Taxus baccata ..."

4. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1902)
"Taxus baccata. Yew. N. 0. Coniferae. Tincture of the fresh young shoots. (Tincture of the berries.) Clinical.—Ciliary neuralgia. Cystitis. ..."

5. Catalogue of the Library of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University by Ethelyn Maria Tucker, Charles Sprague Sargent (1917)
"On the old and remarkable yew trees in Scotland (Taxus baccata L.). Tram. Roy. Scott, arbor, sac., 1890. rii, 379-402. Jager, Louis. ..."

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