Definition of Taxus cuspidata

1. Noun. Shrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage; cultivated in the eastern United States.

Exact synonyms: Japanese Yew
Group relationships: Genus Taxus, Taxus
Generic synonyms: Yew

Lexicographical Neighbors of Taxus Cuspidata

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

Literary usage of Taxus cuspidata

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

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"Perfectly hardy and, like Berberia Thunbergii, so dense that it makes a definite screen even after the leaves have fallen. Taxus cuspidata var. brevifolia. ..."

2. Trees and Shrubs of Central Park by Louis Harman Peet (1903)
"... with rough, scaly bark, and, very near the next fork of the path, Taxus cuspidata, English yew, Taxus cuspidata and Nord- mann's silver fir. ..."

3. Trees and Shrubs of Central Park by Louis Harman Peet (1903)
"... with rough, scaly bark, and, very near the next fork of the path, Taxus cuspidata, English yew, Taxus cuspidata and Nord- mann's silver fir. ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1907)
"The subsequent changes are essentially the same as those described for Taxus. Taxus cuspidata, as far as can be ascertained from the study of old seedlings, ..."

5. Manual of the Trees of North America (exclusive of Mexico) by Charles Sprague Sargent (1922)
"... especially in the more temperate parts of the country, and is replaced with advantage by the hardier Taxus cuspidata S. & Z., of eastern Asia in the ..."

6. Manual of the Trees of North America (exclusive of Mexico) by Charles Sprague Sargent (1905)
"... especially in the more temperate parts of the country, and is replaced with advantage by the hardier Taxus cuspidata, S. & Z., of eastern Asia in the ..."

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