nutmeg-yew

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

   SynonymsCalifornia nutmegTorreya californica

   Broaderyew

   Part ofTorreya

Questions about nutmeg-yew

What does nutmeg-yew mean?

nutmeg-yew means "California evergreen having a fruit resembling a nutmeg but with a strong turpentine flavor".

How many syllables are in nutmeg-yew?

nutmeg-yew has 3 syllables: nut-me-g-yew. The stress falls on "nut".

What is another word for nutmeg-yew?

Close synonyms include California nutmeg, Torreya californica. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nutmeg-yew a common word?

nutmeg-yew is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.