Meanings
nounJapanese yew (plural Japanese yews)
plural Japanese yews
- Taxus cuspidata
Synonyms: spreading yew
- Podocarpus macrophyllus
Synonyms & antonyms
nounTaxus cuspidata
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spreading yew
More synonyms by meaning
nounshrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage; cultivated in the eastern United States
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Taxus cuspidata
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Translations
Danish japansk taks
- japansk taksTaxus cuspidata
French if du Japon
- if du JaponTaxus cuspidata
German japanische Eibe
- japanische EibeTaxus cuspidata
Japanese 一位
- 一位 (ichii)Taxus cuspidata
Korean 주목
- 주목 (jumok)Taxus cuspidata
Russian тис остроконе́чный, тис дальневосточный
- тис остроконе́чный (tis ostrokonéčnyj)Taxus cuspidata
- тис дальневосточный (tis dalʹnevostočnyj)Taxus cuspidata
- япо́нский тис (japónskij tis)Taxus cuspidata
Spanish tejo japonés
- tejo japonésTaxus cuspidata
Cite this entry
APA
Japanese yew. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Japanese%20yew
MLA
“Japanese yew.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Japanese%20yew. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Japanese yew,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Japanese%20yew.
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