Definition of Prumnopitys elegans

1. Noun. South American evergreen tree or shrub.

Exact synonyms: Plum-fruited Yew, Prumnopitys Andina
Group relationships: Genus Prumnopitys, Prumnopitys
Generic synonyms: Conifer, Coniferous Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prumnopitys Elegans

Provo
Provos
Provost
Proxima
Proxima Centauri
Prozac
Pru
Prudence
Prudhoe Bay
Prue
Prueher
Prufrockian
Prumnopitys
Prumnopitys amara
Prumnopitys andina
Prumnopitys elegans (current term)
Prumnopitys ferruginea
Prumnopitys taxifolia
Prunella
Prunella modularis
Prunella vulgaris
Prunellidae
Prunus
Prunus alleghaniensis
Prunus americana
Prunus amygdalus
Prunus angustifolia
Prunus armeniaca
Prunus avium
Prunus besseyi

Literary usage of Prumnopitys elegans

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

1. Indigenous Timbers of the Cape by David Ernest Hutchins (1903)
"I follow the Kew list in writing Prumnopitys elegans, but the second name seems preferable. Chili to Ecuador. (2) PODOCARPUS ARGOT^NIA. ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"... the staminate solitary or clustered, about % in. long: fr. small, on a fleshy receptacle. Australia. P. Andina, Poepp. {Prumnopitys elegans, Phil. ..."

3. Gardeners Chronicle, the Horticultural Trade Journal (1897)
"... and from this region also one more Victorian Conifer hails, the Prumnopitys elegans, which may be called the Plum-bearing Yew, as it gives in iti native ..."

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