| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Shrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage; cultivated in the eastern United States.[Wordnet]. | |
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Common Expressions: Japanese yew
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| Japanese yew | Shrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage; cultivated in the eastern United States. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: Japanese yew
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| Japanese yew | Aerospace | Japanese yew is an outdoor ornamental that is winter-hardy across southern Canada. This shrub contains toxic quantities of the alkaloid taxine. Cattle and horses became ill and died after ingesting the leaves and twigs of Japanese yew. In two cases in Ontario, several cattle died after gaining access to shrubs around houses or after being given hedge trimmings (Alden et al. 1977, Thomson and Barker 1978). Leaves, twigs, and seeds are toxic. Only the red arils, the fleshy outer parts of the fruits, are considered nontoxic (Ogden 1988). Taxine (taxin) is a complex mixture of alkaloids that is rapidly absorbed from the digestive tract and interferes with heart action (Feldman et al. 1987). General symptoms of poisoning: 1- Cattle: death. (references) | |
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