Podocarpus vs Yew - What's the difference?
podocarpus | yew |
Any of the genus Podocarpus of podocarp conifers.
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, passage=Indoor bonsai ? tropical and subtropical plants like ficus, Ming aralia, podocarpus and dwarf jade ? are easier to care for and will thrive inside. }} (countable) A species of coniferous tree, , with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.
(countable, by extension) Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus .
Other conifers resembling plants in genus Taxus
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(uncountable) The wood of the such trees.
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A bow for archery, made of yew wood.
Made from the wood of the yew tree.
As nouns the difference between podocarpus and yew
is that podocarpus is any of the genus Podocarpus of podocarp conifers while yew is a species of coniferous tree, species: Taxus baccata, with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.As an adjective yew is
made from the wood of the yew tree.podocarpus
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