California nutmeg Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun California evergreen having a fruit resembling a nutmeg but with a strong turpentine flavor
nutmeg-yew; Torreya californica.
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- tree of the Yew family (
Torreya Californica ), growing in the Western United States, and having a seed which resembles a nutmeg in appearance, but is strongly impregnated with turpentine.
