Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of conifers, the yews, type of the tribe Taxeæ and suborder Taxaceæ.
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- noun yews
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Examples
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Plus $1000 laibor, and a $345 mew-scents fee, and $299 taxus. sumbuddy get me a cal-cat-laytur.
insurance scam kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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No one spoke as we viewed the envelope holding five maples, eight taxus, six evergreens, two ash, four locust, 109 living rose hedge plants, two flowering mother-in-law tongues, and a grove of fifteen assorted, colorful fruit trees.
The Grass Is Always Greener Over The Septic Tank Bombeck, Erma 1972
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The European badger (_Meles taxus_ or _M. meles_) is from 25 in. to 29 in. long, with a tail of about 8 in.; the general hue of the fur is grey above and black on the under parts; the head is white, with a black stripe on each side.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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Gigantic oaks spread their branches above cliffs and summits, where in less favored climes only the cold pine would be able to find a scanty subsistence; while the spray of the Black Sea is dashed against the immense stems of the blood-wooded taxus, and the red and almond-leaved willows sweep with their long branches the waves.
Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia John Milton Mackie
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Arizona skunk (Mephitis mesomelas estor), badgers (Taxidea taxus), and the bears mentioned previously.
Tseh So, a Small House Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico : 1937
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Badger (Taxidea taxus) — A few limb bones found at Tseh So.
Tseh So, a Small House Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico : 1937
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The rich and luxuriant carpets of the many varieties of box, thuya, taxus, and dwarf pine, in dark, somber greens and many lighter color variations, are superb.
The Art of the Exposition Eugen Neuhaus 1921
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Our translators seem to have been misled by the similarity in sound of the Hebrew tachash_ and the Latin _taxus, "a badger."
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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The cardinal patiently waited in the shadow of a taxus-bush until the street become for a moment empty and solitary.
The Daughter of an Empress Nathaniel Greene 1843
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Whether all this be but a dream, I cannot tell, but it was haply from these lugubrous effects, that garlands of _taxus_ were usually carried at funerals, as Statius implies in _Epicedium vernae_: However, to prevent all funest accidents, I commend the tree only for the usefulness of the timber, and hortulan ornament.
Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees John Evelyn 1663
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