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Yes. The word taxus is a Scrabble US word. The word taxus is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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5-letter words (1 found)

TAXUS,

4-letter words (3 found)

SAUT,TAUS,UTAS,

3-letter words (10 found)

ATS,SAT,SAU,SAX,TAS,TAU,TAX,TUX,UTA,UTS,

2-letter words (8 found)

AS,AT,AX,ST,TA,US,UT,XU,

You can make 22 words from taxus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of taxus

taxus atxus txaus xtaus axtus xatus tauxs atuxs tuaxs utaxs autxs uatxs txuas xtuas tuxas utxas xutas uxtas axuts xauts auxts uaxts xuats uxats taxsu atxsu txasu xtasu axtsu xatsu tasxu atsxu tsaxu staxu astxu satxu txsau xtsau tsxau stxau xstau sxtau axstu xastu asxtu saxtu xsatu sxatu tausx atusx tuasx utasx autsx uatsx tasux atsux tsaux staux astux satux tusax utsax tsuax stuax ustax sutax austx uastx asutx sautx usatx suatx txusa xtusa tuxsa utxsa xutsa uxtsa txsua xtsua tsxua stxua xstua sxtua tusxa utsxa tsuxa stuxa ustxa sutxa xusta uxsta xsuta sxuta usxta suxta axust xaust auxst uaxst xuast uxast axsut xasut asxut saxut xsaut sxaut ausxt uasxt asuxt sauxt usaxt suaxt xusat uxsat xsuat sxuat usxat suxat

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Definitions and meaning of taxus

taxus

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin taxus.

Pronunciation

Noun

taxus m (plural taxussen, diminutive taxusje n)

  1. (broadly) any plant of genus Taxus
  2. (in particular) yew, Taxus baccata
    Synonyms: venijnboom, (dialectal) ijf

Derived terms

Further reading

  • taxus on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtak.sus/, [ˈt̪äks̠ʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtak.sus/, [ˈt̪äksus]

Etymology 1

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”).

Noun

taxus f (genitive taxī); 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 Frankish *þahs, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz (“badger”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- (“construct”) after the badger's construction of its setts. However see also Gaulish taksos (Delamarre, 2003).

Alternative forms

  • taxō

Noun

taxus m (genitive taxī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) badger
Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

See also descendants at taxō.

  • 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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.

Source: wiktionary.org