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Definition of Taxus brevifolia

1. Noun. Small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Taxus Brevifolia

Literary usage of Taxus brevifolia

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

1. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"Northern hemisphere, 1 species and 6 subspecies. 1. Taxus brevifolia Nutt. WESTERN YEW. Plate 33, figs. 4, 5. Taxus brevifolia Nuttall, Sylva, vol. 3, p. ..."

2. The Trees of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1909)
"Taxus brevifolia Nutt. Fig. 72. Leaves linear, acute at apex, shortly petioled, flat, with midrib in ... Taxus brevifolia inhabits deep cool shady canons or ..."

3. Conservation and Development of Nontimber Forest Products in the Pacific edited by Bettina Von Hagen, James F. Weigand, Rebecca McLain, Roger Fight (1998)
"Ecology of Pacific yew (Taxus brevifolia) in western Oregon and Washington. Conservation Biology. 9(5): 1199-1207. Reviews the distribution and population ..."

4. Manual of the Trees of North America (exclusive of Mexico) by Charles Sprague Sargent (1922)
"Taxus brevifolia Nutt. Yew. Leaves J'-l' long, about -,V wide, dark yellow-green above, rather paler below, with stout midribs, and slender yellow petioles ..."

5. Manual of the Trees of North America (exclusive of Mexico) by Charles Sprague Sargent (1905)
"Taxus brevifolia, Nutt. Yew. 2. T. Floridana (C). Leaves i'—f' long, about Ty wide, dark yellow-green above, rather paler below, with stout midribs, ..."

6. Manual of the Trees of North America (exclusive of Mexico) by Charles Sprague Sargent (1905)
"Taxus brevifolia, Nutt. Yew. 2. T. Floridana (C). Leaves ^'-f' long, about fa' wide, dark yellow-green above, rather paler below, with stout midribs, ..."

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