Definition of Taxus floridana

1. Noun. Small bushy yew of northern Florida having spreading branches and very narrow leaves.

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Taxus Floridana

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

Literary usage of Taxus floridana

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

1. Veitch's Manual of the Coniferae: Containing a General Review of the Order by Adolphus Henry Kent (1900)
"Taxus floridana. A bushy tree rarely -"> feet high with a short trunk about a foot in ... Taxus floridana is restricted to a narrow area in western Florida ..."

2. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"In North America there are three species, 7'nowe Canadensis, я low straggling shrub; Taxus floridana, the Florida yew, and Taxus brevifolia, the Pacific yew ..."

3. Wood and Other Organic Structural Materials by Charles Henry Snow (1917)
"The Florida Yew (Taxus floridana) is another United States species. Ernest Thompson Seton classes American woods suitable for bows in order of excellence as ..."

4. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"The Florida yew (Taxus floridana) is another United States species. Ernest Thompson Seton classes American woods suitable for bows in order of excellence as ..."

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