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evergreen trees or shrubs; sometimes classified as member of the family Taxaceae

↑podocarp, ↑yacca, ↑yacca podocarp, ↑Podocarpus coriaceus, ↑brown pine, ↑Rockingham podocarp, ↑Podocarpus elatus, ↑cape yellowwood, ↑African yellowwood, ↑Podocarpus elongatus, ↑South-African yellowwood, ↑Podocarpus latifolius, ↑alpine totara, ↑Podocarpus nivalis, ↑totara, ↑Podocarpus totara

1. capitalized : a genus of evergreen trees (family Taxaceae) widely distributed in the southern hemisphere and having a pulpy fruit with one hard seed — see black pine, kahikatea, miro, plum fir, yacca

2. -es : any tree of the genus Podocarpus

/pod'euh kahr"peuhs/, n.

any of various coniferous evergreen trees of the genus Podocarpus, of tropical and semitropical regions, esp. P. macrophyllus, which is cultivated as an ornamental.

[1880-85; NL; see PODO-, -CARPOUS]