noun
yews: in some systems classified as a class (Taxopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Taxophytina) used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta
• Syn: ↑Taxopsida, ↑Taxophytina, ↑subdivision Taxophytina
• Hypernyms: ↑class
• Member Holonyms: ↑Coniferopsida, ↑class Coniferopsida, ↑Coniferophytina, ↑subdivision Coniferophytina, ↑Coniferophyta
Useful english dictionary. 2012.