TAXUS

Meaning of TAXUS in English

[tax.us] n, pl tax.us [NL, genus comprising the yews, fr. L, yew] (ca. 1945): yew 1a

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TAXUS — noun (plural ~) Etymology: New Latin, genus comprising the yews, from Latin, yew Date: circa 1945 yew 1a
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TAXUS — ˈtaksəs noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, yew 1. capitalized : a small genus (the type of the family Taxaceae) …
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TAXUS — noun ( plural tax·us -səs) Etymology: New Latin, genus comprising the yews, from Latin, yew Date: circa 1945 : yew …
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TAXUS — Тиса
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TAXUS — Pronunciation: ' tak-s ə s Function: noun Inflected Form: plural tax · us \ -s ə s \ Etymology: New …
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YEW — noun Etymology: Middle English ew, from Old English īw; akin to Old High German īwa ~, Middle Irish eó Date: …
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PACLITAXEL — noun Etymology: Pacific yew + -litax- (perhaps from Taxus brevifolia) + -el (alteration of 1-ol or 3-ol) Date: 1992 an …
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PACIFIC YEW — noun Date: circa 1890 a small or medium slow-growing irregularly branched yew ( Taxus brevifolia ) of the Pacific coast …
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BADGER — I. noun Etymology: probably from badge; from the white mark on its forehead Date: 1523 1. any of various burrowing …
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YEW — Any of about eight species of ornamental evergreens in the genus Taxus , family Taxaceae (the yew family), distributed throughout …
Английский словарь Британика
TAXOL — Organic compound with a complex multi-ring molecule that occurs in the bark of Pacific yew trees ( Taxus brevifolia ). …
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CONIFER — Any member of the order Coniferales, woody plants that bear their pollen on separate, cone -shaped structures. They constitute the …
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BADGER — Any of eight species of stout-bodied carnivores (family Mustelidae) that possess an anal scent gland, powerful jaws, and large, heavy …
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TOXIC — I. ˈtäksik, -sēk adjective Etymology: Late Latin toxicus, from Latin toxicum poison, from Greek toxikon ( pharmakon ) arrow (poison), …
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BADGER — I. ˈbajə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bagger 1. : a dealer licensed in former times to buy …
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PACLITAXEL — ˌpakliˈtaksəl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Pac ific yew + -litax- (perhaps by shortening + alteration from New Latin Taxus …
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YEW — ˈyü noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English ew, from Old English ēow, īw; akin to Old High German īwa …
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TAXODIUM — -ōdēəm noun Etymology: New Latin, from Taxus + -odium (from Greek -odos -ode) 1. capitalized : a small genus of …
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TAXINE — ˈtakˌsēn, -ksə̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary tax- (from New Latin Taxus ) + -ine : a …
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TAXIDEA — takˈsidēə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Medieval Latin taxus badger (of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German …
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TAXAD — ˈtakˌsad noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin Taxus + English -ad : a tree or shrub of the family …
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TAXACEAE — takˈsāsēˌē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Taxus, type genus + -aceae : a family of mostly evergreen …
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SHINWOOD — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a ground hemlock ( Taxus canadensis )
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PACIFIC YEW — noun Usage: usually capitalized P : a small or medium irregularly branched evergreen tree ( Taxus brevifolia ) of the …
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MOUNTAIN MAHOGANY — noun 1. : any of several shrubs or small shrubby trees of western No. America that constitute the genus Cercocarpus …
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JAPANESE YEW — noun Usage: usually capitalized J : a shrubby hardy evergreen ( Taxus cuspidata ) of China and Japan that has …
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IRISH YEW — noun Usage: usually capitalized I : a hardy columnar yew ( Taxus baccata stricta ) that has erect branches and …
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HICKS YEW — noun or hicks' yew ˈhiks(ə̇z)- Usage: usually capitalized H Etymology: from Hicks nurseries, Westbury, L.I. : a hybrid yew ( …
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BADGER — any of several stout-bodied carnivores of the family Mustelidae. The eight species (in six genera) differ in size, habitat, and …
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TAXACEAE — the yew family, constituting the order Taxales and containing five genera of evergreen trees and shrubs, distributed mainly in the …
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JAPANESE YEW — also called spreading yew (Taxus cuspidata) an ornamental evergreen shrub or tree of the yew family (Taxaceae), native to Japan …
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ENGLISH YEW — ( (Taxus baccata), ) also called Common Yew, or European Yew (all three are lumber trade names), an ornamental evergreen …
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