California yew vs Taxus brevifolia

California yew and Taxus brevifolia both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
California yew	Yes	No	No	No
Taxus brevifolia	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, California yew and Taxus brevifolia are synonyms defined as:

California yew and Taxus brevifolia: small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood

Other synonyms of California yew include Pacific yew, western yew.

California yew (noun)	Taxus brevifolia (noun)
small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood	small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood