| 单词 | pacific yew |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPacific yew Pacific yew n. a shrubby yew, Taxus brevifolia (family Taxaceae), of eastern North America. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > yew trees > [noun] yeweOE yew treea1398 tax1541 vew1570 shin wood1778 ground-hemlock1807 taxad1846 Pacific yew1903 1903 S. B. Green Princ. Amer. Forestry 279 Pacific yew. California to British Columbia to Montana [wood] heavy, hard, strong, brittle, close-grained, very durable in contact with the soil. 1952 Amer. Midland Naturalist 48 221 Grand fir..and Pacific yew (Taxus brevifolia) was present in some habitats. 2001 Univ. Oxf. Bot. Garden News Spring 2/1 Paclitaxel.., an anti-tumour agent isolated from the bark of the Pacific yew tree Taxus brevifolia. < as lemmas |
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