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taxus , i, f.,
I.a yew, yew-tree.
I. 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.—
II. Poet., transf., a javelin, made of the wood of the yew-tree, Sil. 13, 210.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Caesar, Gallic War, 6.31
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