different between taxus vs podocarpus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?tak.sus/, [?t?äks??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?tak.sus/, [?t??ksus]

Etymology 1

A loanword of Scythian origin, from Proto-Iranian *taxša, from Proto-Indo-European *tek?- (“to flee, run”), as the fruit was considered poisonous. Also compare modern Persian ???? (taxš, “crossbow”).(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

taxus f (genitive tax?); second declension

1. A yew (tree).
2. (poetic) A javelin made of the wood of the yew tree.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

• taxeus
• taxicus

Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *þahsuz (“badger”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *te?- (“construct”) after the badger's construction of its setts. However see also Gaulish taksos (Delamarre, 2003).

Alternative forms

• tax?

Noun

taxus m (genitive tax?); second declension

1. (Late Latin) badger

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

See also descendants at tax?.

• Galician: teixo
• Italian: tasso

References

• taxus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• taxus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• taxus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• taxus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• “taxus”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, ?ISBN

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?po?d??k??p?s/

Noun

podocarpus (plural podocarpuses)

1. Any of the genus Podocarpus of podocarp conifers.
   • “Fern Pine (Podocarpus Gracilior)”, in Budget Plants - Data Sheet & More Info?^[2], (Please provide a date or year)