torreya californica

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsCalifornia nutmegnutmeg-yew

   Broaderyew

   Part ofTorreya

Questions about torreya californica

What does torreya californica mean?

torreya californica means "California evergreen having a fruit resembling a nutmeg but with a strong turpentine flavor".

What is another word for torreya californica?

Close synonyms include California nutmeg, nutmeg-yew. 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 torreya californica a common word?

torreya californica 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.