The Caribbean islands are called the West Indies to correct the name, Indies, mistakenly given by Christopher Columbus. Columbus thought he had reached the Indies of Asia.
We also have lists of Words that end with tax, and words that start with tax. Search for words that start with a letter or word: 11 Letter words that contain tax. 1  Epitaxially. 2  Paclitaxels. 3  Phototaxies. 4  Phyllotaxes. 5  Phyllotaxis. 6  Pleiotaxies. 7  Stereotaxic.
Taxus (Tax'us) are beautiful evergreen trees and shrubs that are natives of North America, Europe and Asia. They belong to the Yew family, Taxaceae. The name is an old Latin one for Taxus baccata, the European Yew.