taxaceous

taxaceous

(tækˈseɪʃəs)
adj
(Botany) of, relating to, or belonging to the Taxaceae, a family of coniferous trees that includes the yews
[C19: from New Latin taxāceus, from Latin taxus a yew]
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The presence of two sterile scales in the middle of the pollen strobilus is unique in the family and is evidence for the trend of reduction in taxaceous pollen strobili (Wilde, 1975).