taxus

Significado (Inglés)

1. (declension-2, feminine) A yew (tree).
2. (declension-2, feminine, poetic) A javelin made of the wood of the yew tree.

Traducións

if

Eibe

tejo

teix

yew

teixo

venijnboom

tasso

τάξος

taxus

yew-tree

javelin

Taxus

porsuğu

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

[ˈtak.sʊs]

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

A loanword of Scythian origin, from Proto-Iranian *taxša, from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (“to flee, run”), as the fruit was considered poisonous. Also compare modern Persian تخش (taxš, “crossbow”).