a. Bot. [f. mod.L. Taxace-æ (f. taxus yew) + -OUS: see -ACEOUS.] Belonging to the N.O. Taxaceæ (often made a suborder of Coniferæ), including the yew. So Taxad [cf. ARAD], Lindley’s name for a tree or shrub belonging to the Taxaceæ.
1846. Lindley, Veg. Kingd., 230. Mr. Bennett … is of opinion that Taxads should not form a distinct Natural Order, but ought to be associated with Conifers.
1904. Jrnl. R. Microsc. Soc., Feb., 78. Taxoxylon Philpii … represents the first taxaceous fossil wood from Queensland.
