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Pacific yew

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Pacific yew
n.
A yew (Taxus brevifolia) of western North America having bark that is a natural source of the drug paclitaxel.
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Noun1.Pacific yew - small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North AmericaPacific yew - small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood
California yew, Taxus brevifolia, western yew
genus Taxus, Taxus - yews
yew - any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
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Paclitaxel, first isolated from the bark of the Pacific yew tree in 1967, is widely prescribed for people with lung, ovarian, or breast cancers.
Nanotherapy: gold-drug combo could target tumors by Goho, A. / Science News
A quarter of all pharmaceuticals come from botanicals, including the cancer drug Taxol, which is derived from the Pacific Yew.
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Worldwide sales of Taxol, which is derived from the bark and needles of the rare and slow-growing Pacific Yew tree, were approximately $1.
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