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western yew

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Noun1.western yew - small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North Americawestern yew - small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood
yew - any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves


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Paclitaxel, the first organic compound with a taxane ring that has been demonstrated to possess antineoplastic activity, was isolated in 1967 from the bark of the Western yew, Taxus brevifolia.
Western yew -- Taxus brevifolia -- is also called Pacific yew and mountain mahogany.
The tree is also called pacific or western yew and grows on the Pacific Coast and in southwestern Canada.
 
 
 
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