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Prince Albert's yew

noun

small yew having attractive foliage and partially weeping branches cultivated as an ornamental; mountains of southern Chile

• Syn: ↑Prince Albert yew, ↑Saxe-gothea conspicua

• Hypernyms: ↑conifer, ↑coniferous tree

• Member Holonyms: ↑Saxe-gothea, ↑Saxegothea, ↑genus Saxe-gothea, ↑genus Saxegothea

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noun also prince albert yew

Usage: usually capitalized P&A

: a small evergreen tree (Saxe-gothaea conspicua) of the family Taxaceae that resembles the common yews, is native to mountainous southern Chile, and is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental

Useful english dictionary. 2012.