taxus
taxus, i, f., a yew, yew-tree. Lit., Plin. 16, 10, 20, § 50; Caes. B. G. 6, 31; Verg. E. 9, 30; id. G. 2, 113 al. — Considered, on account of its poisonous berries, as a tree of the infernal regions, Ov. M. 4, 432; Sil. 13, 596; Luc. 3, 419; 6, 645 al.— Poet., transf., a javelin, made of the wood of the yew-tree, Sil. 13, 210.
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taxus, i, f., a yew, yew-tree. Lit., Plin. 16, 10, 20, § 50; Caes. B. G. 6, 31; Verg. E. 9, 30; id. G. 2, 113 al. — Considered, on account of its poisonous berries, as a tree of the infernal regions, Ov. M. 4, 432; Sil. 13, 596; Luc. 3, 419; 6, 645 al.— Poet., transf., a javelin, made of the wood of the yew-tree, Sil. 13, 210.
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