| Noun | 1. | family Taxaceae - sometimes classified as member of order Taxales gymnosperm family - a family of gymnosperms Coniferales, order Coniferales - profusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leaves genus Taxus, Taxus - yews yew - any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves Austrotaxus, genus Austrotaxus - a gymnosperm genus having one species: New Caledonian yew genus Pseudotaxus, Pseudotaxus - one species |