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Tajine vs Taxine - What's the difference?

tajine | taxine |

As nouns the difference between tajine and taxine

is that tajine is a Moroccan stew in which the ingredients are cooked slowly in a shallow earthenware pot with a tall, conical lid; normally served with couscous while taxine is any of several poisonous alkaloids that may be extracted from the leaves and seeds of the yew tree (species: Taxus baccata.

tajine

English

(wikipedia tajine)

Alternative forms

* tagine, tajin, tagin

Noun

(en noun)
  • A Moroccan stew in which the ingredients are cooked slowly in a shallow earthenware pot with a tall, conical lid; normally served with couscous.
  • The pot in which such a dish is traditionally cooked.

    • References

    * OED 2006 ----

    taxine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • any of several poisonous alkaloids that may be extracted from the leaves and seeds of the yew tree ()