CALIFORNIA NUTMEG

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

California evergreen having a fruit resembling a nutmeg but with a strong turpentine flavor

Synonyms:

California nutmeg; nutmeg-yew; Torreya californica

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("California nutmeg" is a kind of...):

yew (any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves)

Holonyms ("California nutmeg" is a member of...):

genus Torreya; Torreya (nutmeg-yews)

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