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yew
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yew  (y)
n.
1. Any of several poisonous evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Taxus, having scarlet cup-shaped arils and flat needles that are dark green above and yellowish below.
2. The wood of any of these trees, especially the durable, fine-grained wood of the Old World species Taxus baccata, used in cabinetmaking and for archery bows.

[Middle English, from Old English w.]
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yew
common yew
Taxus baccata

yew
Noun
an evergreen tree with needle-like leaves, red berries, and fine-grained elastic wood [Old English īw]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.yewyew - wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows
yew - any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
2.yewyew - any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
California nutmeg, nutmeg-yew, Torreya californica - California evergreen having a fruit resembling a nutmeg but with a strong turpentine flavor
stinking cedar, stinking yew, Torrey tree, Torreya taxifolia - rare small evergreen of northern Florida; its glossy green leaves have an unpleasant fetid smell when crushed
family Taxaceae, Taxaceae, yew family - sometimes classified as member of order Taxales
yew - wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows
English yew, Old World yew, Taxus baccata - predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world
California yew, Pacific yew, Taxus brevifolia, western yew - small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood
Japanese yew, Taxus cuspidata - shrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage; cultivated in the eastern United States
Florida yew, Taxus floridana - small bushy yew of northern Florida having spreading branches and very narrow leaves
Austrotaxus spicata, New Caledonian yew - large yew native to New Caledonia; cultivated in eastern Australia and New Zealand and Hawaii
Pseudotaxus chienii, white-berry yew - yew of southeastern China, differing from the Old World yew in having white berries
conifer, coniferous tree - any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones
Translations

yew [juː] ntejo
yew [juː] nif m
yew [juː] n (tree) → Eibe f;
(wood) → Eibenholz nt
yew [juː] ntasso (albero)

yew
n yew [juː]
a type of evergreen tree with dark leaves and red berries. taksus شَجَر الطَّقْسوس тис tis takstræ die Eibe είδος αειθαλούς δέντρου tejo jugapuu سرخدار marjakuusi if טַקְסוּס (סוג עץ) सदाबहार वृक्ष की लकड़ी tisa tiszafa sejenis cemara ÿviður, ÿr tasso いちい 주목(朱木) kukmedis īve pokok yew taxusboom barlind cis teixo tisă тис tis tisa tuja idegran ต้นไม้ใหญ่ชนิดหนึ่งใบเล็กเรียว porsuk ağacı 紫杉屬樹木 тисове дерево گہرے رنگ کے پتّوں اور سرخ پھلوں والا سدابہار درخت cây thủy tùng


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